As the date of the General Election nears, James O'Brien feels the Tories have initiated a ‘political osmosis of worry' to stoke fear of a Labour 'supermajority'.

Home Secretary James Cleverly has warned that a Labour government would seek to 'distort' the UK political system, while Rishi Sunak said that Labour would use a landslide victory to shift politics to the left and 'stay in power for decades'.

But James rubbishes these claims, branding them 'embarrassing', and asks: 'How dishonest is it of Tories who celebrated Boris Johnson's majority, to treat supporters as if they are the second most stupid collection of voters in the country?'

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