Tories appear to admit election defeat as Cabinet minister pleads: Don't give Keir Starmer a 'super majority'
by Nicholas Cecil
Jun 12, 2024
3 minutes
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A Cabinet minister pleaded with voters on Wednesday not to give Sir Keir Starmer a “super-majority” in comments which may be seen as effectively conceding that the Tories will lose the general election.
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps argued that if Labour gets a majority “of the size of Blairs or even bigger” it would place Britain in a “dangerous place”.
Rishi Sunak later said he had "absolutely not" given up hope of winning the general election as he warned voters not
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