Rishi Sunak says he has “absolutely not” given up on winning the general election on 4 July, despite talking about the prospect of a Labour “supermajority”. The prime minister told the BBC his party had not “got everything right” and said he understood people’s frustrations with him and the Conservatives.
However, he said people should be “alive” to the “danger” of a Labour government and warned the public against sleepwalking into the election. Asked if he would stay on as Conservative leader, if defeated on Thursday, he said he loved his party “dearly” and would “always put myself at the service of it”.
Meanwhile, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has been trying to counter complacency among his own supporters, telling voters in Buckinghamshire that results would “go down to a few hundred votes in many constituencies”.
He said people should imagine “waking up on Friday morning to a further five years of Tory government”.
Speaking to reporters later, Sir Keir said that he would face challenges if his party did “get over the line” and form the next government. It’s going to be really difficult because there’s going to be a very difficult inheritance after 14 years of failure under this government. We’re going to have to do really tough things in order to move the country forward.
Source: BBC
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