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10 October 2019

The Telegraph: Boris Johnson cannot get a majority unless he delivers Brexit on October 31, Tory conference poll shows


Boris Johnson cannot get a majority in a general election unless he delivers Brexit on October 31, polling presented at Tory conference has shown.

The Daily Telegraph has obtained a ComRes survey which was presented last week at a conference fringe event attended by Tory MPs. Mapping voter reaction to five Brexit scenarios, it showed the Tories would only win a majority in the Commons if Britain left the EU on October 31.

However any delay - even if it leads to a no deal Brexit immediately after an election, or Brexit being cancelled altogether, will leave a hung Parliament.

Andrew Hawkins, chairman of Comres, said leaving the EU on October 31 is “the doomsday scenario [...]"

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