article_snippet.sent: ’s three election victories, was scathing about the Conservative election campaign, saying: ‘the Conservative election campaign’s dreadful.
article_snippet.sent: but we haven’t heard a word about it since the manifesto,’ said one former minister.
article_snippet.sent: One senior Tory donor said the campaign was ‘lacklustre’,
article_snippet.sent: One senior Tory donor added: ‘There is no sense of urgency.
article_snippet.sent: Some Tories are also complaining that the collapse in party membership has decimated Some Tories ground operation in some constituencies and Some Tories are being outleafleted by Labour – whose canvas operation has been swelled by thousand of trade unionists – by three to one.
article_snippet.sent: Another said the mood was ‘tense’ and there was ‘some dismay’ that the manifesto launch had not given Some Tories