Mrs May must be hoping that the Tories do better in Thursday’s Witney contest than in recent local by elections
The blue team’s performance is “less than optimal”
This weekend is a massive one in the Witney Westminster by-election campaign the first such contest since 2014. There are only four days left and each of the parties have been throwing everything into it to ensure they get the best possible result.
Defending Cameron’s 43% majority at GE2015 the Tories have quite a big comfort blanket and it is hard to see anything other than CON hold.
The LDs are at full by-election strength and must be hoping at the mimimum for a clear second place ahead of LAB/UKIP. This is one of the way the yellows are trying to secure CON voters worried about BREXIT.
The letter from a former CON MEP that is going to Tory voters in Witney. BREXIT is a big issue pic.twitter.com/F7HAOUSa7b
— Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) October 15, 2016