Cracks in the ‘Blue Wall’ - the safe Conservative seats under threat

While Rishi Sunak insists it's not over for the Tories, Jeremy Hunt openly admits he could become the first Chancellor to lose his seat.
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He has described Godalming and Ash in Surrey as being "on a knife edge" after the Liberal Democrats made it a key target in their campaign to smash the southern ‘Blue Wall’.
Our Senior Politics Correspondent Paul McNamara went there to find out whether he can keep a hold of his true-blue seat.
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[@enawilson3210]

Remember he was health secretary for 6yrs and fucked it up

[@hypsyzygy506]

Deliberately, as a Tory policy.

[@bob1234881]

No, he didn't. Anti tory here.

[@annenunney9907]

I do remember

[@annenunney9907]

@@bob1234881yes he did

[@45media85]

He negotiated the disastrous junior doctor arrangements that has led to this mess

[@alancoates4531]

REMEMBER THE 4th JULY IS VOTE THE TORIES OUT DAY.

[@InSoloDeo]

So you can bend over to Khan and his Labour?

[@Nora.........]

Save our children from their control. Please place a true cross for Reform UK. X

[@marktrotter8971]

@@Nora......... No - Definitely Not - I'm voting for the party that best reflects the Christian values I was raised with, rather than one that is the anti- of those values

[@marcel-ifc17]

@@marktrotter8971 Christianity killed over 100 million people through the ages, those the values you 'value'? Theft of native lands, physical and cultural genocide, wealth theft, resource theft, systematic support of feudal lords and absolute monarchs in opposition to ordinary people (who found themselves systematically repressed).

[@Nora.........]

@@marktrotter8971 They are not anti-Christian? You are mistaken.

[@amrizzle]

That closeup of the potholes was incredible 😂😂

[@silondon9010]

Are you saying channel 4 news has a Agenda 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RuMixesButBetter]

“I still haven’t decided” is a polite way of saying “I’m not voting Tory” People just want them gone

[@jamessmithson-br7rm]

It’s also the polite way to say I’m not voting Labour

[@Jessjoe1956]

@@jamessmithson-br7rm that makes no sense whatsoever.

[@RuMixesButBetter]

@@jamessmithson-br7rm it works for any party, but Jeremy Hunt is a Tory. Please look at the context here

[@Nora.........]

Save our children from their control. Labour are not 'old school' Labour. Please place a true cross for Reform UK. X

[@boota1979]

@@Nora......... So what are Reform?

[@muirislandjim453]

Absolute Hunt of a man. Architect of the managed decline of the NHS.

[@HSolar]

inc. failing pandemic preps didn't make sure stocked with good PPE etc

[@marksavage1108]

that started with corporate PFI contracts.

[@lizdocherty3067]

His tenents will be worried ifh loses his seat, h

[@lizdocherty3067]

Hit the wrong button, if he loses his seat he will be increasing his rents to make up-the shortfall.

[@RoofLight00]

@@marksavage1108hunt worked for black rock. Architects of modern PFI.

[@daysofend]

How to keep the job: raise taxes and improve public services, or lower taxes and lower cost of living. This man managed to raise taxes, worsen public services, and raise cost of living.

[@user-jq5yb8rj1d]

well said, the government's had privatised everything and they are saying they can do miracles, they are the one's that created job loses.

[@richard766723]

Hunt has put 132k into his campaign - smacks of desparation

[@kanedNunable]

shows how much he can make by being an MP doesnt it?

[@lizdocherty3067]

​@@jeremydunn932probably calling it a charitable donation to help the poor and needy.

[@TrickyTree84]

​@@kanedNunableHe's not earned that kind of money being an MP.

[@gavfrost9763]

​@TrickyTree84 they get 100k a year 😂

[@TrickyTree84]

@@gavfrost9763 yes and when you pay 42% tax on that salary, plus you have to actually live, how long do you think it takes to save that up. He will have a wealth of other incomes.

[@jasoncooper9391]

Potholes everywhere

[@Alsmithize]

Yeah I saw that 😂

[@ToCoSo]

Local authorities have had their funding cut 15 years in a row, fixing roads is low on the list for near bankrupt councils.

[@Withnail1969]

And you think labour will find a magic money tree to fix all the potholes?

[@Alsmithize]

@@Withnail1969 oh stop it “doom munger” we will see quite soon so you can update us, Don’t expect them to turn up on Friday though bit too soon.

[@timminsmark]

@@Withnail1969I know the tories won’t fix them maybe Labour will?

[@mattyn870]

Spelt it wrong. His last name begins with a "C"

[@alfonsohorcajada4399]

Thought the same😅

[@perolagrande]

So Jeremy Chunt?

[@Dungshoveleux]

Its actual Chunt, but the "h" is silent.

[@jasoncooper9391]

@@perolagrande see you next Tuesday 🤣🤣

[@jasoncooper9391]

@@alfonsohorcajada4399 he's a see you next Tuesday 😃😃

[@tapaarn5863]

Vote all of them out

[@bonariablackie4047]

@@Nora......... No. Nobody was racist, xenophobic facist nutters anywhere near power. Which is what Reform is. It is a limited company, that is designed to put money in Farage's Coutts account. No sane human being would vote for those nutters. But then, you are not sane are you, Nora?

[@MrRodigan]

Hunt by name complete and utter Hunt by nature

[@boota1979]

@MrRodigan See you next Tuesday...!

[@francescapowell1538]

😂😂😂😂

[@martinahardaker8739]

Hunt has been canvassing and yet he thinks he might lose. I mean he deserves to lose, as do the rest. I'd love to see the Tories get less than 50 seats....then into oblivion...good riddance to the most selfish party ever..

[@barbaraarndt5293]

The so-called Chancellor any without qualifications.

[@SamyTheSheep]

Only to then welcome the most selfish party ever. More of the same to come.

[@user-lp5wb2rb3v]

@@SamyTheSheep it literally cannot get any worse with labour than with a continuation with the same from tories. Lets suppose Britain wants to join the usa to defend taiwan against china (just like puppet britain joined the iraq war and threw money at ukraine ) Pretty sure there would be riots and people wont take no for an answer. The NHS is a joke. The education system forced you to not skip a year, limiting potential, HSR literally doesnt exist (top speed 125 when most trains top at 100/110mph, is not high speed). Do you really think tories winning again will be different the fourth time? Do you really think reform will do anything, nigel is a prideful clown who likes the attention he cannot run a country. Lib dem have never taken power, and they didt deliver the one thing they promised (no student fees) In the end you cant trust the government, but as bad as blair was he atleast didnt throw the country into oblivion.

[@Withnail1969]

It won't make any difference. Give it a year and you'll see that labour are just as useless.

[@petermartin2346]

If he has been imposing himself on peoples doorsteps he is definitely going to lose. Would you but a used car from this man?

[@plasterer1672]

Vote Hunt out he deserves it

[@bonariablackie4047]

Everything Hunt has touched has turned to dust. The quicker he is removed the better.

[@kerryfry1857]

Don't worry he'll be just fine with over £12 million in his bank account.

[@user-jq5yb8rj1d]

there is no hope when you are not fighting for it

[@bonariablackie4047]

Yes. 12 million OF TAXPAYERS MONEY.

[@SimonFrack]

2:55 “You’d think this has got to be a Conservative seat, but the reality is that it’s an area with very smart voters.”:😂😂😂

[@marcel-ifc17]

He's saying the quiet part out loud 🤣 Conservatives think ordinary people are dimwitted idiots. Then appeal to said demographic.

[@mattallenclosedforum9505]

I almost spat my tea out when he said that

[@brusselssprouts560]

I think he said "This is a very a very middle-class area, so it has a lot of well educated voters", or words to that effect. Whatever he actually said, he, like his fellow morons, can't avoid Freudian slips, because they don't have the mental capacity to do otherwise.

[@Yeah-Buddy-Lightweight]

You know it's bad when you saw pot holes even in their usual Tory area.

[@brianm.9062]

health secretary for 6yrs and managed absolutely nothing, ignorant with the typical tory complaint, the smell of money takes their minds off the job they are supposed to be doing.

[@Yui-ip7cd]

His wife escapes the Income Tax . The money is supposed to help the poor and the Homeless citizens.

[@Ben-nr2rm]

‘Well you’d look around here and think ‘this has gotta be a conservative seat’’ - says it all about his mindset. ‘It’s nice here, it’s wealthy, they must vote tory’

[@aaroncrilly2005]

dont threaten me with a good time

[@SuzanneJones-qy3zh]

Bye hunt

[@jasoncooper9391]

Tick Tock C@@T 😂

[@hawsrulebegin7768]

Middle class = smart voters. Us working class are just dumb voters then eh Jeremy?

[@Nora.........]

@@jeremydunn932 'Normal' voters shun them all. Please consider Reform UK.

[@jsquire5pa]

Yeah it was poor phrasing

[@hemmers86]

If you’re desperate to find offence you could take it that way

[@jsquire5pa]

@@hemmers86 well that’s kind of a necessary implication from what he’s saying

[@chrisspencer6502]

Well the working class were overwhelming fooled by the tories and ukkip to vote for Brexit. So yes working class are thick especially from the perspective of people like me hunt

[@wallydogg975]

If Jeremy does lose his seat he will at least be immortalised in Cockney rhyming slang.

[@jeffmcninch6563]

Exit stage left Mr Hunt!

[@StevieSpiers-ru3mf]

Wouldn't that be wonderful? Vile man.

[@kennethvenezia4400]

Croquet is just like running a drug gang. Running a drug gang is just like being in Parliament. Being in Parliament is just like being in a drug gang that likes snorting cocaine.

[@madness1931]

Bye, Bye, Jeremy C-hunt

[@life107familyfitnessboxing8]

LOL

[@sarkybugger5009]

Vote out to help out!

[@run2cat4run]

He should make a bet lol

[@kelvinleigh]

Potholes in the Chancellor's constituency?

[@beverlysbrookes8247]

If in doubt, vote Hunt out! 🤭🤭🤭🤭

[@catherinemorris5848]

Oh,l do hope so.Cant wait for Friday morning to find out how many tories lose their seats.

[@ab8865]

I will be celebrating with a pint

[@Nemothewonderfish]

I just spent 2 days visiting Nofolk. Driving around I saw 100s of vote green posters. Not a single vote Tory one in super Tory seats. Literally every field had one. Never seen anything lke this.

[@lonyo5377]

My area has only ever had a Tory ever since it was created in the 40s. I've only seen Labour posters in people's houses

[@Nora.........]

@@lonyo5377 'Old school Labour' no longer exists. What are Labour supporters voting for?

[@boota1979]

@@Nora......... To get the Tories out and they don't believe dodgy Farage.

[@lonyo5377]

@@Nora......... not Tory

[@chrysalis4126]

Lot of Reform fans there.

[@Gary-le7dz]

Hunt is very much favourite to lose his seat ….

[@stanwilson8089]

He is definately a 'Jeremy Hunt'

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

If there’s any karmic justice in this world then absolutely! Bear in mind folks, a large part of why healthcare and social care has been decimated along with stagnant wages for healthcare professionals (whilst MPs get a raise) and student nurses lost their bursary is due to none other than Jeremy Twunt! This man earns millions from his various businesses and also tried to fiddle his taxes!

[@NexusApollo]

Remember to tactically vote to help bring down the Tories.

[@paulmartin6249]

Make Hunts seat a Reform seat. You know that's the right way.

[@alexy8520]

No chance in Godalming hahaha

[@TOP.FOX.]

I had a £50 treble that sunak hunt and shapps will all lose their seats ✅️

[@GyourgeTube]

I’ll be voting labour in my area, But that Lib Dem guy seemed like a really nice chap!

[@vladimirimp]

When you knock on the door and the person says "I haven't made my mind up" they're being polite.

[@philiphowell1505]

I somehow get a warm comforting feeling looking back at how lil angerland was in the 1950s, the old dusty teachers in a foreboding stone built school, their old ideologies of empire. pink maps and woe betide those who have any ideas above their station.Somehow I knew that its demise would be Titianical even at the age of 10. Thank god for the Spanish immigration police and my final escape, and yes I do remember the days here in Spain when Generalissimo Franco was still in charge , at least now I have the right to vote in the local elections. Love from the EU and Gran Canaria.

[@fgrsimon]

It's a sad indictment of the Conservative party that Jeremy Hunt is now one of the more competent ministers.

[@manah5479]

This 4th of July is going to be celebrated in both the US and UK

[@philwhiting5769]

I never believed a Chancellor of Great Britain could be such a liar and so incompetent !

[@robertschriek1353]

Truss made Hunt look good.

[@melgrant7404]

Even the well off in my area are not voting tory.

[@florenceflorence58]

Perhaps it’s because those voters have been hit in their pockets too. It’s usually the poor who are hit the hardest but things have changed dramatically in recent times and even the middle classes have seen their wealth diminish under the tories.

[@melgrant7404]

@florenceflorence58 yes true.

[@paulburton9386]

Get him out and get the rest of the Tories out. Karma.

[@edmills9160]

Please please get rid of him!! 🙏

[@user-un9wj6jg1x]

THE TORY CLOWN SHOW CONTINUES....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@fonrogers]

"Is it because these voters may have just had enough of the conservatives"? He answers that while avoiding stepping into a pothole. That sums it up really!

[@swally291]

Remember he conveniently for forgot about the flats he rents out.

[@lizdocherty3067]

It's an easy thing to do, I regularly forget I own 7 luxury flats with a rental value of between 3 and 4k per month, oh wait I don't I just pay rent.

[@user-xl6bk2gd3f]

James Walsh is a labour Councillor in neighbouring Guildford, no idea why he is standing in Godalming. More interestingly the local greens decided not to stand a candidate to help the tactical vote for Lib Dems but one has been parachuted in to fill up the ballot paper.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Greens cycle people in, they don't fly.

[@Yui-ip7cd]

No vote for the Conservative.

[@anthonyheeney668]

Never worked harder 😂😂

[@goldiegirl7247]

Only hope for the Uk is Reform..

[@DDougz]

Waiting for all the reform bots to cry about ch4 exposing their racist party The name of the party should be "Im not racist but.....party" 😂

[@uploadingcontent]

The guy was an actor. Please keep up.

[@TheLampini]

The "I worked with a black fella once" party 😂

[@TheLampini]

​​@@uploadingcontentwho are you trying to kid 😂 You either ARE one or you've NEVER met one! My uncle and his mates are Reform, they love Führage and all they can talk about is how much they hate Pa*is and how they want to machine gun the occupants of the "small boats" as they struggle ashore near Dover.. you mug 😂

[@elainepettis5075]

Have you consdered the fact that people are not racist, but are very tired of the Governments giving away unnecessary money when it is so badly needed by British people. Not everyone is lucky enough to live in an idyllic country setting. Millions are struggling in the wider world, outside the bubble of places like Surrey.

[@TheLampini]

@@elainepettis5075 no, because people find it so much easier to ignore all the facts and blame immigrants, rather than the GIVING AWAY OF UNNECESSARY MONEY TO BAIL OUT tax-dodging non-dom billionaire mates of Führage, Johnson, Sunak etc. The real crooks arrived on these shores in luxury yachts and private jets - not in small leaky boats. But folks like you are so hate filled you'd prefer to just blame brown folks.. So yes - to bare-faced ignore the glaringly obvious in favour of your favourite white supremacist trope - that's racist!

[@dahirdubow8636]

It seems Mr Hunt is haunted by time of consequences

[@StackerNoobUK]

The only party not offering more of the same is Reform

[@AnonAnonUK2024]

Has everyone had their postal vote paperwork? Why is no one talking about this?

[@Withnail1969]

They will 'help' them by certifying them fit to work and cutting off their benefits.

[@Rick-xp5sy]

This man has failed in every position he has held, the tories should have decency and fade away forever, Labour to go next.

[@tudormiller887]

What a stinking shame we don't have PR as an electoral system here in the UK like across the channel in France. 🇬🇧🇫🇷

[@sujison2313]

zero seats everybody, zero seats.

[@AlfieBoyd-nd8wc]

Middle class area? F me im not even working class then im a mere peasant 🤣🤣

[@holymoly6829]

Oh icing on the cake 🤗🤗

[@elguapo1507]

All these walls they keep telling us about.... there's not much point in having one if you can just walk round it.

[@MickAngelhere]

Out of government and straight into prison for him

[@lizdocherty3067]

Hope Cruella, Mogg, Gullis, Sunak and all the rest join him.

[@RelationalDatabase-us7fr]

How well is the NHS in Labour controlled Wales?

[@prideofdurham4776]

The lady was correct when she said chosing between Labour and Tory is like chosing which carrot to eat from a pile of vomit.

[@erantoch]

Okay, this news story is a work of art

[@rossdavison6526]

Wonderful

[@commonman131]

You could use the term crack pots in the fading blue wall

[@Jourifouler]

You have to remember that if you are interviewing people during the day its likely to be more retired people and the younger voters are at work.

[@michaelmarriott11]

Just no more please.

[@Karl-tu4ue]

He has already lost his seat.

[@Chelsyt12]

Love the headline. Cracks?! More like a Grand Canyon! Channel 4 really doing the conservative justice this election.

[@mjribes]

Hunt rhymes with...

[@Truthseeker1515]

The multi-millionaire landlord chancellor. Voice of the people indeed.

[@krispysox]

7:16 Harry Hill called, he wants his shirt back. You can tell by the calibre of Labour candidate, they didn't chuck their finest at the opening lol.

[@yinoveryang4246]

Last moment of fear-mongering "These Green and pleasant lands will be transformed beyond recognition" - what an awful thought. If you've recently travelled to Epsom (and seen how it's deteriorated in the last 10 years under conservative management) that process is already well underway. The future isn't so pleasant if it continues.

[@lyndsaypearce8820]

We can only hope!!!

[@Chb1812]

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!

[@OK-hl6qd]

We can only hope

[@user-lp5wb2rb3v]

let me correct something "I have never worked hard."

[@bridiesmith5110]

Hope Hunt loses his seat. He is not a nice man.

[@hefeydd_]

Good.

[@Gary-le7dz]

Everything is worse than 2010

[@SpartasEdge]

Cracks? The wall is coming down Lol

[@scottvessey915]

Tactical voting is the way, given the way our system works.

[@jaybee4288]

By all accounts he’s one of the best local constituency MPs there is. But what he does locally doesn’t carry over into government.

[@alexbuckenham1663]

Aaaahhh that bit at the beginning trying to shoehorn the analogy about election chances and tactical voting onto croquet was so cringe-inducing

[@sherpafan033]

"The conservative party have started to move to the right" - What is this LD candidate smoking?

[@user-jq5yb8rj1d]

Political parties are for the people and by the people, are they really for the people and by the people is the big question, government is a non profitable organisation, but the government that are ruling had privatised everything , don't do anything than dictating policies sitting at No10, is that right, no job's created by the government, all jobs taken by AI, do the governments really think about survival of humans, the government themselves are replacing HMRC with Chat booths and AI, how do you expect the governments are looking for welfare of the people, they don't care of any one, they care just about themselves getting into power, they are not realising that that they are there to serve people, they think that they had been elected to dictate people, with their stupid policies, I want to ask all people, as per the government it illegal to bribe any one, are the government's not bribing people, saying that we give this one that one, by voting us, the Political parties can bribe the people by saying we give this we give that, if you vote for our party, that's nothing wrong for the political party to power, but if you are taking bribe it's illegal, how fair is that for Political party for getting votes and getting to power and ruling the country people has to open eyes, you are choosing your MP, so they work for the needs of the community, and your area., you are voice for them not they are the voice in the parliament, the first priority is the people from their constituency I can see none of the political parties are looking for the welfare and well being of the people , time for the people to open eyes and think after the future. My decision with this election is not to vote for any one which is NOTA(None of the political parties) as no one are going to look at the welfare and well being of the individual

[@boota1979]

@user-jq5yb8rj1d Once people realise government was never set up to benefit the people, the clearer all of this circus becomes. You would think the last 14 years alone would have opened peoples eyes to this, but no their still banging on about the left / right paradigm as if it actually means anything.

[@Nora.........]

I know exactly what you are saying. Please take a look at Reform. They are not 'Tory light' as the establishment have spinned. They want every individual to do well. . . They will change the voting system so that every vote gets a result. We should be able to have our say, we should be heard.

[@alwaysOPEN4business]

@@Nora......... you're a real gullible fool.

[@Hellionis]

He said he has never worked so hard, begs the question did he have to work hard in the past? Surrey is more than just Middle Class, they are Middle to Upper Classes who all benefit from the Conservative way of viewing money.

[@Leon-lt5gv]

Hes lost his mind ' why not the seat 😄

[@Jonpoo1]

Hunt is dire but the state of the party is so bad that he’s one of the best they’ve got! I’ll be glad as anyone to see the back of them but the party will only go further down without him.

[@ethanlue2725]

Love how they just admit they’ll lose at this point 😂😂

[@gregc2236]

When a candidate meets people on the doorstep and they say say "I haven't made my mind up yet", it usually means they have, and won't be voting for you.