BORIS Johnson is on course for an 68-seat majority as the latest polls show the biggest Conservative Party lead over Labour in two years.
With less than three weeks to go until the December election, the Tories are tipped to secure 359 seats and Labour just 208 according to a Telegraph poll.
If today’s prediction comes true then it would break the parliament deadlock and put Mr Johnson in position to get his Brexit deal passed in the Commons.
The boost in the polls comes after Mr Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn published their party’s manifestos.
Mr Corbyn’s Marxist manifesto has been branded “radical” by former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Meanwhie, the PM’s plans will see the Tories spend just £1 for every £28 splurged by the leftie leader.
Mr Johnson wants to spend around £3billion on extra day-to-day spending compared to Mr Corbyn’s £83bn, as revealed in yesterday’s Tory party manifesto.
Mr Blair today warned his own party would “pose a risk” to the country.
He said it would be “unwise” for the UK to support Labour getting the keys to Downing Street.
Mr Blair said he will still vote Labour – but still hit out at Mr Corbyn’s left-wing agenda.
He said during a Reuters event in London that “the problem with revolutions is never how they begin but how they end”.
And he refused to say if Mr Corbyn is fit to lead Britain.
He said: “My differences with Jeremy Corbyn have been pretty well documented and my views haven’t changed, let me put it like that.
“But I think if the polls are right there is a negligible chance of a Labour majority.”
The analysis by the Electoral Calculus puts the Tories winning 359 seats, Labour 208 and the Liberal Democrats securing 20.
Mr Johnson called for the election in order to break the Brexit deadlock in parliament over the past two years.
If Mr Johnson wins he will plan an emergency Queen’s Speech and bring his Brexit Bill back just before Christmas – ahead of the January deadline.
A Downing Street spokesperson said: “The new Parliament will be summoned to meet on Tuesday 17 December, when the business will be the election of the Speaker and the swearing-in of members.
“Should this Prime Minister return, the State Opening of Parliament and the Queen’s Speech will follow on Thursday 19 December.”
The Conservatives lost their 12-seat majority after former-Prime Minister Theresa May called an election in 2017, forcing the party to form a coalition with the DUP.
Ex-PM David Cameron failed to secure a majority in 2010 and formed a coalition with the Lib Dems, but in 2015 managed to form a government with a slim majority.
Apart from the two years under Mr Cameron, Mr Johnson is on track to form a Conservative majority government for the first time in almost a decade.
CORBYN’S 12 TAX BOMBSHELLS
- Corporation tax – Companies will now be made to pay a 26 per cent duty
- Unitary tax of multinational companies – Labour believe this will stop large firms transferring their cash out of the UK to countries with low income-tax rates.
- Second homes tax – Corbyn hopes this will help with the homelessness crisis in Britain by charging people with a second property a tax that can go into building new council houses.
- Transaction tax – Corbyn wants people to pay a higher duty on paperless transactions like buying shares in a UK company.
- Reverse of inheritance tax cuts – This means that Brits could now pay more on the estate of a loved one when they die.
- VAT on private schools – Corbyn has vowed to “close the tax loopholes” enjoyed by private schools and use that money to “improve the lives of all children”.
- Windfall tax on oil companies – Labour will enforce a tax on fuel giants who have “knowingly damaged our climate” to “help cover the costs”.
- Income tax for those earning over £80k and £125k – Corbyn has vowed to wage a class war on the country’s wealthy
- Capital Gains tax – Brits will now be taxed more on profit when they sell an asset that has increased in value.
- Dividends tax – Those who have shares in companies will now be forced to pay a higher duty on the payments they receive.
- Scrap Married Person’s Allowance – Brits will no longer benefit from the tax cut which reduced your bill between by between £345 and £891.50 a year.
- New Fair Tax Programme – Corbyn has vowed to “go after the tax dodgers” with a new tax avoidance scheme.
