Never mind the blue wall and the red wall. Is the Conservative 'green wall' collapsing?
A survey of over 1,000 in England's 100 most rural constituencies for the Country Land and Business Association revealed a 18 per cent swing away from the Conservatives and a 16 per cent boost for Labour compared with the 2019 general election. The Liberal Democrats won just 13 per cent of the support of those polled.
If replicated in 2024 20 of the most 96 rural seats held by the Conservatives would change hands. Among the most vulnerable are Defra farming minister Mark Spencer (Sherwood); Jacob Rees-Mogg (North East Somerset); Liam Fox (North Somerset); and Jeremy Hunt (South West Surrey).
