tories labour: Referring to the surprise defenestration of then-cabinet minister Michael Portillo, which was the highlight of many people's election night in 1997, Ms Swinson told The Independent We could be in a situation where people are asking each other Did you stay up for Raab ' Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now The ambitious and perhaps rather optimistic prediction reflects on Ms Swinson's determination to recover her party's position after seeing the Lib Dems squeezed by both Tories and Labour in the opening weeks of the election campaign, according to The Independent. After being accused of hubris for pitching herself as a potential prime minister, the 39-year-old is now speaking less about a possible Lib Dem government and more about the party's position as the most likely block to a majority Boris Johnson administration. Internal polling for the pro-EU party suggests seismic shifts in Remain-backing seats suddenly making the Lib Dems competitive in swaths of London and its commuter belt which have been Conservative for decades, including constituencies like Mr Raab's Esher and Walton. Although the Lib Dems trail in a distant third in today's BMG poll for The Independent, on 18 per cent to Labour's 28 and the Tories' 41, Ms Swinson believes her party is better placed than Jeremy Corbyn's to chip away at Conservative MPs. General election Constituency profiles Show all 19 Created with Sketch. Created with Sketch.
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