Trains. I wonder if he likes trains
Nicholas Watt@nicholaswatt
As Jo Swinson prepares to launch manifesto senior Tories fear Dominic Raab could be under pressure from Liberal Democrats in Esther and Walton. “The chat among Surrey Tories is that Dominic Raab could be in trouble,” a senior Tory tells me @joswinson @DominicRaab
As Jo Swinson prepares to launch manifesto senior Tories fear Dominic Raab could be under pressure from Liberal Democrats in Esther and Walton. “The chat among Surrey Tories is that Dominic Raab could be in trouble,” a senior Tory tells me @joswinson @DominicRaab
But Esher and Walton voted Remain in the Brexit referendum by 58.43%. So thinking among the senior Tories worried about the foreign secretary’s prospects is that, as a prominent Brexiteer, Raab could suffer if the Lib Dems rally the Remain vote
The senior Tories are generally quite worried about the party in Surrey. They fear the Lib Dems could win Guildford for the first time since 2001 because Anne Milton, one of the 21 Tory rebels, could split the Tory vote after deciding to stand as an Independent
Other Tories acknowledge Dominic Raab is facing new pressure. But they think he will be fine: 1) the Remain vote was under 60% so Esher and Walton not designated as a massive Remain area; 2) the average age in constituency is older than national average which will favour Tories
Interesting.
LDs are definitely targeting the seat. They've done one of their push polls to drum up LD support.
The Conservatives acknowledging this is more interesting though. It suggests they may be concerned about turnout amongst Conservatives and are trying to drum it up.
Raab going would be glorious.