Despite attempts at positive spin, with Labour now in ascendancy PM will be looking over his shoulder
“What I’m hearing on the doorstep is that people are giving Rishi Sunak a chance,” the Conservative party’s chair, Greg Hands, insisted in the face of a disastrous night for his party.
Among Conservative MPs, this positive spin on the loss of hundreds and possibly as much as 1,000 Tory seats was not going down well on Friday.