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Conservative Cabinet Ministers Suffer Defeats In Devastating Election Night

Conservative Cabinet ministers Grant Shapps and Alex Chalk face unexpected defeats, hinting at a challenging night for the Tories.

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Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps among record 11 ministers to lose seats in cull of top Tories

Defence Secretary Shapps has lost to Labour in Welwyn Hatfield while Justice Secretary Chalk was defeated in Cheltenham to Liberal Democrat candidate Max Wilkinson

The Independent UK

Sodden Sunak to Daredevil Davey: the most bizarre TV moments of the election campaign

From Tory ministers hanging up on journalists to the Lib Dem leader launching himself into a lake – plus The Traitors, cold burgers and Zumba classes – this campaign has gone from weird to weirder

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Tory tactics make this a rip-roaring election for the phrase ‘[citation needed]’

Conservative strategy seems to involve throwing a range of negative things at the wall each week and seeing what sticks

The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Sunak’s successor, Farage’s bad banner, and liquid Davey

In today’s newsletter: With the Conservatives seemingly accepting defeat in Thursday’s general election, likely next leaders are already on the move

The Guardian - UK

Who could replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader if he loses the election?

Likely contenders for party’s sixth leader in eight years could depend partly on who survives a big defeat

The Guardian - UK

Election loss, rout, or wipeout? Three Tory outcomes predicted by the polls

Scenarios using a large-scale data model that predicts individual seat tallies indicate anything from 53-155 Tory MPs

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Big-name Tories who could lose their seat after exit poll predicts disastrous general election results

Rishi Sunak’s own seat of Richmond, in North Yorkshire is at risk - here is when high profile Tories expect to hear their results

The Independent UK

General Election poll: Tories facing worst result ever as Labour eye 450-seat majority, according to Ipsos survey

An Ipsos poll forecast numerous Cabinet members losing their seats and the Conservatives slumping to just 115 MPs

Evening Standard

Sunak under fresh pressure over national service plan as Tories accused of ‘making it up as they go along’

Exclusive: Defence secretary Grant Shapps has been accused of plunging the promise into chaos with multiple TV appearances in which he appeared to change course on how the military aspect would be implemented

The Independent UK

A Labour landslide on 37% of the vote? That makes the case for PR

Letters: Undemocratic Britain | Let Labour rock the boat | Landslide fears | American robins | Sewage sandwiches

The Guardian - UK

Ambitious Tory hopefuls could learn from Lady Macbeth’s fate ahead of leadership battle

Grant Shapps is running. The Tory MP has held what seems like every ministerial post possible and is famous in Westminster for his command of spreadsheets and data – in other words, for tracking the views and intentions of his fellow Tory MPs. He is ready for the battle ahead.

The Conversation

Grant Shapps admits Tories ‘unlikely’ to win election as Sunak urged to ‘go for jugular’ on Starmer

With less than three weeks to go, polls continue to show the Tories facing electoral wipeout

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer trade blows on leadership and tax as election battles hot up in London

Grant Shapps admits Rishi Sunak win is ‘not the most likely outcome’ amid increasing Tory poll gloom

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The Guardian - UK

Tory leadership hopefuls ‘already lobbying’ to replace Sunak

Sources say contenders jostling for support amid fears of historic wipeout in election

The Guardian - UK

Election diary: the manifestos drop and Rish! reveals a childhood without Sky TV

The Lib Dems led the pack – on manifesto launch catering – and we finally learned the extent of the PM’s childhood deprivation

The Independent UK

Sunak’s new tactic will lead to Tory voters staying at home, warns Boris Johnson campaign strategist

Lee Cain worked on the Vote Leave campaign and was Boris Johnson’sommunications director. Now he has a warning for Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak declares he has not given up after minister warns of Labour ‘supermajority’

Defence secretary Grant Shapps effectively concedes defeat forcing the prime minister to say he still believes the Tories can win election

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The Guardian - UK

Campaign catchup: Defeatist Tories, cautious Greens, and the leader who really loves cars

In today’s newsletter: Explaining the strategy behind Grant Shapps’ warning of a Labour ‘supermajority’

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Tories have given up trying to win the election

Why a core vote strategy makes most sense now

The Independent UK

Tories U-turn on national service plans a day after Rishi Sunak’s manifesto launch

Grant Shapps said the military aspect of the plan will see 18-year-olds take placements in the armed forces for just 25 days per year - not the year of full-time service initially promised

The Guardian - UK

Tories fighting to prevent Labour winning ‘supermajority’, says Shapps

Defence secretary says even bigger win than 1997 landslide would be ‘very bad news’ for country

The Guardian - UK

General election TV Q&A: Sunak refuses to accept tax burden will definitely rise during next parliament – as it happened

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Evening Standard

Tories appear to admit election defeat as Cabinet minister pleads: Don't give Keir Starmer a 'super majority'

Defence Secretary Grant Shapps argued if Labour gets a majority ‘of the size of Blairs or even bigger’ it would place Britain in a ‘dangerous place’

The Independent UK

Lord Heseltine warns spiralling Tory party is ‘fighting for its life’ after disastrous D-Day fallout

Exclusive: Former deputy prime minister’s intervention comes as senior ministers are already engaging in a phantom leadership contest to replace Sunak

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