Kemi Badenoch is so far resisting calls from senior Tories to make a deal with Reform to prevent Burnham from winning in Makerfield. To the dismay of some…
Jacob Rees-Mogg said:
“In Makerfield, of course, the favourites to win are Labour… So, what does this mean? Well, I think my party, the Conservative Party, and Reform should work together in the national interest…
The voters may recognise the advantages of tactical voting. But wouldn’t it be more sensible for the two leaders, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, to see there is an opportunity to work together, to show that politicians can come together and can do things that are overwhelmingly to the benefit of the country at large.”
Tory veteran Edward Leigh said the Tories should stand down in Makerfield in return for Reform standing down in Aberdeen South, where Stephen Flynn’s seat is up for grabs and the Tories are 1,000 votes off the SNP:
“If doing some kind of deal means we can win Aberdeenshire and save the Union then it’s worth doing.
My view is that if at the next general election – and I’ve said this again and again – there are two Right-wing parties slugging it off in every single constituency, as night follows day there will be a Left-wing government.”
Shadow Minister Matt Vickers said on broadcast this morning that there will be no deal:
“There will be no stitch-ups… we’re putting forward our pitch to the British people… the more I speak to people out there the more they are impressed with Kemi Badenoch, they deserve to vote for Kemi Badenoch.”
Once Burnham gets into Westminster it is straight to the top…
Paula Barker, Liverpool Wavertree MP backing Andy Burnham, told Times Radio there wouldn’t be trouble from the markets under Burnham:
“The markets will have to fall in line.”