Tory candidate for Finchley and Golders Green Mike Freer has welcomed the news that Rudi Vis MPwon't be standing again. In a statement to the Ham & High, Cllr Freer said:
"This is the most marginal seat in the country - it needs just a 0.2 per cent swing to go to the Conservatives. I would have been confident of a change in party whatever happened, but Rudi would have been a worthy opponent. Labour now has no chance of winning Finchley and Golders Green. I am a local candidate and we also have a deeply unpopular government and a deeply flawed Prime Minister. Glenda Jackson ought to retire gracefully now too."
ConservativeHome's ChickenWatch also hears that Chris Pincher's opponent in Tamworth - Brian Jenkins - will be stepping down soon, too. Please contact us if hear of other resignations.