Lib Dems plan ‘Labour squeeze’ in fight for suburban Tory seats

Party has high hopes in a dozen or more blue wall seats - if it can persuade new Labour supporters to vote tactically

Among the many electoral subplots emerging ahead of the next UK general election, one in particular is occupying the minds of Liberal Democrat strategists: how to persuade a glut of new Labour supporters to vote tactically.

What the Lib Dems are calling a Labour squeeze" tactic could help shape the result in a dozen or more constituencies, and potentially remove a series of Conservative big-hitters including Dominic Raab and John Redwood. But, it is fair to say, this is intricate stuff.