{"id":144275,"date":"2023-10-19T10:43:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144275"},"modified":"2023-10-19T10:43:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:43:30","slug":"test-for-rishi-sunak-as-voters-head-to-the-polls-today-for-two-crunch-by-elections-in-mid-bedfordshire-and-tamworth-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/test-for-rishi-sunak-as-voters-head-to-the-polls-today-for-two-crunch-by-elections-in-mid-bedfordshire-and-tamworth-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Test for Rishi Sunak as voters head to the polls TODAY for two crunch by-elections in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
RISHI Sunak faces a major test of his premiership reset today as voters take to the polls in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth.<\/p>\n
Tories are bracing for crushing blows in the two crunch by-elections, with polls suggesting mega swings towards Labour. <\/p>\n
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Andrew Cooper, the Conservative candidate in Tamworth, is defending a 19,636 majority won by Chris Pincher who was kicked out of the Commons following a groping scandal.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, local Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye will try to cling on to Mid-Bedfordshire, where former minister Nadine Dorries had a 24,000 majority.<\/p>\n
After a final weekend of campaigning, even the PM's most loyal backers have branded both seats "tough" and "dire".<\/p>\n
Ahead of potential historic victories for his party, Sir Keir Starmer said this morning: "Polls are now open in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire.<\/p>\n
"Today, vote for change. Vote to get Britain\u2019s future back. <\/p>\n "Vote Labour."<\/p>\n As polling booths opened the PM touched down in Israel where he will meet Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the war against Hamas.<\/p>\n Last night Mr Sunak refused to condemn his Tamworth candidate, Mr Cooper, for suggesting out-of-work parents who cannot afford to feed kids should \u201cf*** off\u201d.<\/p>\n The wannabe MP has been slammed for posting a \u201cfoul-mouthed\u201d diagram on Facebook.<\/p>\n It suggested those who are out of work, pay for "TV Sky\/BT\/etc", or "have a phone contract + \u00a330" should "f*** off" rather than seek help.<\/p>\n Labour's candidate in Mid Beds was similarly slammed after The Sun unmasked him as a Greenpeace zealot.<\/p>\n Alistair Strathern, 33, posed as a zombie for an\u00a0eco\u00a0stunt.<\/p>\n Mr Strathern\u2019s partner Megan Corton-Scott works as a political officer for Greenpeace.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The couple dressed as zombies \u00adoutside the\u00a0Home Office\u00a0for one of the group\u2019s stunts last November.<\/p>\n Mr Strathern was also pictured outside Parliament protesting against laws clamping down on\u00a0Just Stop Oil\u00a0and\u00a0Extinction Rebellion\u00a0disruption.<\/p>\n<\/picture>PM'S SUPPORT <\/span><\/p>\n
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