Conservatives have just 1% chance of winning next election, says polling guru John Curtice

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Rishi Sunak has suffered another blow after the country's top polling guru put the Conservatives' chances of winning the next general election at just 1%.

Sir John Curtice said the Conservatives had little hope of overturning the disastrous election results.

He also warned that Labor would be in a much stronger position, if it came to it, to negotiate a minority government, saying that "apart from perhaps the DUP, the Conservatives have no no friends in the House of Commons. ”.

The warning from the leading psephologist at Politico will put even more pressure on beleaguered conservatives following the resignations of two ministers who will resign at the next election.< /p>

Robert Halfon unexpectedly resigned as Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, while James Heappey followed through on his stated intention to resign as minister of the Armed Forces before leaving Parliament at the general election.

His departure This means 63 Conservative MPs have publicly declared that they are withdrawing from Parliament or not contesting their current seat at the general election .

Sir. John Curtice is Britain's leading pollster.

The resignations follow a series of dismal opinion polls in favor of the Conservatives, culminating in theTelegraph-Savanta poll tracker which put the Conservatives at their lowest score since Liz Truss' disastrous mini-budget that forced her out of office, with 24 percent.

Labor regularly holds a 20-point lead, reinforcing speculation that the party will claim victory and...