Grant Shapps insists Tories’ plan ‘starting to work’ as poll suggests crushing election defeat

Grant Shapps insisted the Tories' plan was 'starting to work' as a poll suggests it will be a crushing election defeat.Source: LBC

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00:00 We are, this government, is working to a plan that

00:02 is starting to work.

00:03 I think we'll see it work a lot more in the months to come.

00:06 Compared with no plan under Keir Starmer,

00:08 he sits on the sidelines, he snipes away.

00:11 We'd be right back to square one with Labour and Keir Starmer,

00:15 whereas we have a plan which is starting to work.

00:17 So let-- you mentioned time travel.

00:20 Let's wait until an election and then see what happens.

00:22 You're not nervous about the good folk of Wellingham?

00:25 I always fight it like it's a marginal, always.

00:27 And I always have done.

00:29 And by the way, I can't--

00:30 I can remember in several previous parliaments

00:32 being told that the game was up and what have you.

00:36 I will fight to represent my constituents

00:38 in Wellingham Hatfield.

00:40 I will always work incredibly hard.

00:41 And one of the things they often say to me is, given that,

00:44 of course, I'm defence secretary and in charge of things

00:48 like the actions we saw last week.