Meet the '109ers'

The Capitalist · Feb 1, 2021 · 51m

Right now All the Government’s efforts are focussed on coronavirus, but what about the fundamental mandate it was elected on?

As the vaccine roll-out continues apace, backbench MPs could be forgiven for raising their eyes to the horizon and starting to think about their prospects for re-election in 2024. By far the biggest Conservative cohort in parliament is the so-called 109 group of MPs newly elected in 2019.

These guys are the cavalry, who stormed the red wall with promises of delivering Brexit and levelling up those parts of the country that had been overlooked by Labour for generations…