Burnham Should Call A General Election To Beat Farage And Kill The Tories, Says Top Pollster

James Johnson said the PM should go to the country early next year “at the latest”.

Andy Burnham should call a general election by early next year “at the latest” so Labour can defeat Nigel Farage and all-but kill off the Tories, according to a Theresa May’s former pollster.

James Johnson of JL Partners said the prime minister will never have a better opportunity to capitalise on the deep splits on the right of British politics.

He said even Lib Dem and Green “would rally around” Burnham if it was a straight fight for No.10 between him and Farage, which could hand Labour a Commons majority of more than 90 seats.

Writing in The Times, Johnson, who was former Tory PM May’s senior opinion research and strategy adviser, said: “The prime........

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