Conservatives admit defeat in Mayor of London contest
Letters sent to voters by the Conservative Party fail to mention their own Mayor candidate (except in the imprint) and admit they think they are not going to win. Instead they ask people to vote Conservative to reduce the scale of their defeat:
All the more reason to vote for Rob Blackie.
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I’m REALLY surprised that the Conservatives thought they had a chance in the first place !!
The Conservatives have closed a lot of police stations in Hertfordshire and Essex. Epping has gone. Bishops Stortford has gone. It is a bit rich them complaining about closures in London.