The other option would be a coalition with the Lib Dems - something Sir Keir refused to rule out seven times in his interview with Beth Rigby.īased on the seat projection above, that would give the hypothetical Labour-Lib Dem government a majority of 11. A coalition between the two parties would give the hypothetical government a majority of 17.īut Sir Keir has ruled out a coalition with the SNP multiple times - most recently in an interview with Sky political editor, Beth Rigby on Tuesday- because he fundamentally disagrees with Scottish independence. One option would be the SNP, which currently holds 45 seats in the Commons. The obvious solution to getting over the magic number of 326 seats would be to form a coalition with another party. So if that scenario were to materialise, what would be Sir Keir's options to get his hands on the keys to Number 10?
However, Sky News' national estimated vote share shows that, should there be a uniform swing, Labour would be the largest party, but fall 28 seats short of a majority. Sir Keir Starmer has seized on the moment to claim the country is "on course for a Labour majority" government after the next general election. Labour did very well at the local elections in England last week, gaining 536 seats and control of 22 councils, making it the largest party in local government for the first time since 2002.
In February, Sky News learnt that prominent backers of the group - aside from Ms Patel - are believed to include Mr Johnson and former Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg. They also demand that the Conservative party chairman be directly elected by party members. The CDO is expecting roughly 500 attendees at the conference, where they will vote on appointing members to key posts within the group, as well as listen to keynote speakers and debate the constitution of the Conservative party.Įarlier this year, the organisation was campaigning for constituency associations to be able to choose their own parliamentary candidate and to be able to deselect their MP. The swipe at the prime minister comes after the loss of more than 1,000 councillors at local elections on 4 May. She will reportedly criticise "those in power and control in our party" who "rarely seem to be out there meeting people", and highlight the importance of the grassroots that she called the "backbone of the party". The organisation - a grassroots group set up by Boris Johnson supporters - is focused on bringing more power back to Conservative party members and believes the way in which Rishi Sunak was elected prime minister was undemocratic.ĭuring her speech, Ms Patel will warn Rishi Sunak that he needs to offer more "hope and optimism" for Conservatism or risk presiding over "managed decline" of the party and defeat at next year’s general election, according to the i. However, the comments are set to cause alarm on the party's left, who are already angered by Sir Keir's decision to drop pledges on tuition fees and the nationalisation of utilities.įormer Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to be one of the keynote speakers at the inaugural Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO) conference later today. The speech comes after a successful set of local elections for Labour, with a general election expected to be held next year. "This is about rolling our sleeves up, changing our entire culture, our DNA.
"This is about taking our party back to where we belong and where we should always have been… That’s why I say this project goes further and deeper than New Labour’s rewriting of clause IV," Sir Keir will tell the Progressive Britain conference. Sir Keir Starmer will claim that Labour has to offer voters a vision that goes "further and deeper" than Sir Tony Blair's 1997 government, in a speech later today.ĭue to the scale of the crisis facing the country, Sir Keir will say that the scale of changes he would make are comparable to "clause IV on steroids" - a nod to Sir Tony's controversial move in 1995 to ditch the party’s then commitment to mass nationalisation in a dramatic shift towards the centre ground.
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