There is a pleasant air of melancholy about Westminster in the dog days immediately after parliament has risen for the Summer Recess. Even in normal years, MPs are suddenly thin on the ground and their many camp followers need no more encouragement to make themselves scarce. The final week of July 2020 felt just the same, even though there have been fewer people around SW1 all year.
Labour to win landslide victory, says new poll
According to the findings, the Tories could be left with a puny 129 seats in next year’s general election.
