Labour is up against a 19,000 majority in Old Bexley and Sidcup, but the byelection comes at a tricky time for Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s popularity dip may be such that Tory voters in Old Bexley and Sidcup brand the prime minister a “blithering idiot” and question his qualities as a leader, but Labour still faces an uphill battle to win the seat in Thursday’s byelection.
The message Labour’s challenger, Daniel Francis, was selling to waverers who backed the Conservatives in 2019 was that the result was “not going to change the government, but it is a chance to send a message”.
