The Tories are well ahead in Wrexham, part of Labour’s “Red Wall”
Our poll gives the Conservatives a 15-point lead in a seat Labour has held since 1935
CANDIDATES IN MARGINAL seats such as Wrexham find themselves inundated with endorsements from bigwigs during an election. Priti Patel, the Conservative home secretary, has paid a visit to the former mining town. For Labour Eddie Izzard, a cross-dressing comedian, turned up (“All I remember is he had better nails than me,” says Mary Wimbury, Labour’s candidate). Plaid Cymru made do with backing from Bootlegger, a Wrexham AFC fan and vlogger who describes himself as an “alcoholic Welshman, living the dream on jobseeker’s allowance” on Twitter, where he has 213,000 followers.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Labour’s last stand”
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