The Brexit Factor: A Threat To The Tories?

On paper, the 8 June poll looks like the most predictable general election for decades, said Rachel Sylvester in The Times.

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A Tory landslide “seems all but inevitable” given the disarray of Labour and UKIP. But one factor may yet throw a spanner in the works: Brexit. The country is “still divided over Europe”, and this could produce some fundamental shifts in voting behaviour. The Liberal Democrats are already picking up support on the back of the issue: they’ve doubled their membership since the last election, to 95,000, and are “outstripping Labour on fundraising”. Three pro- European pressure groups, meanwhile, have joined forces to rally support for Remain-inclined MPs of all parties, and to encourage tactical voting against proponents of “hard Brexit”. Tony Blair lent his backing to the campaign last week, inviting voters to