Johnson warns tactical voting could deny Tories election victory

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Boris Johnson will try to rally Tory supporters after coming under fire for his apparent lack of empathy for a four-year-old boy left sleeping on a hospital floor because there was no bed available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With two days to polling day&comma; the British Prime Minister will warn there is a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;clear and present” danger of another hung parliament unless voters back the Conservatives on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the UK General Election campaign trail in Staffordshire&comma; he will say the opposition parties need to gain just 12 seats to put Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tory strategists will hope their prospects of securing an overall majority have not been dented by the row which blew up over the treatment of Jack Williment-Barr at Leeds General Infirmary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Boris Johnson will try to rally Tory supporters after coming under fire for his apparent lack of empathy for a four-year-old boy left sleeping on a hospital floor because there was no bed available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With two days to polling day&comma; the British Prime Minister will warn there is a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;clear and present” danger of another hung parliament unless voters back the Conservatives on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On the UK General Election campaign trail in Staffordshire&comma; he will say the opposition parties need to gain just 12 seats to put Jeremy Corbyn in Downing Street&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tory strategists will hope their prospects of securing an overall majority have not been dented by the row which blew up over the treatment of Jack Williment-Barr at Leeds General Infirmary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A photograph widely circulated on social media showed the boy lying on a pile of coats to keep warm while he waited for a bed for treatment for suspected pneumonia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Questioned by ITV News&comma; Mr Johnson initially refused to look at the photo on the reporter’s phone before taking the phone and putting it in his pocket&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Health Secretary Matt Hancock was dispatched to the hospital in an attempt to defuse the growing media firestorm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However his appearance prompted further recriminations following claims his aide had been punched by a Labour Party activist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Labour accused the Tories of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;bare-faced lying” after video footage of the incident posted online showed only the arm of a protester accidentally brushing against the aide’s face&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile The Daily Mirror&comma; which published the original photograph&comma; carried a fresh picture of a nine-month-old baby girl who was forced to wait on a chair for six hours at the Countess of Chester Hospital near Ellesmere Port because there was no bed available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an election campaign largely devoid of significant slip-ups&comma; it will heighten concern among Conservatives that they remain vulnerable in the face of concerted tactical voting by opponents of Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The opinion polls have consistently shown the Tories on course for an overall majority&comma; but senior figures – including Mr Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings – have warned the race is much tighter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A leaked memo from Tory pollster Michael Brooks to campaign director Isaac Levido seen by The Daily Telegraph said the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;major risk” for the party was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the belief that the Conservatives are indeed on course to win a comfortable majority”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the same time the Remain United campaign – which opposes Brexit – said polling it had commissioned from Savanta ComRes showed the Tory lead was down to 7&percnt;&comma; which it projected would give them a majority of just two in the new parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At the same time the Remain United campaign – which opposes Brexit – said polling it had commissioned from Savanta ComRes showed the Tory lead was down to 7&percnt;&comma; which it projected would give them a majority of just two in the new parliament&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Labour leader&comma; meanwhile&comma; said he was feeling  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;very happy&comma; very confident” going into the final days of the campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve got the message out&comma; and we will continue to make sure it gets out over these last few days&comma;”<&sol;em> he told The Guardian&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Labour was returning to the offensive on the NHS&comma; warning that under-funding was putting patients at risk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The party said an analysis it had conducted of more than 120 NHS trust board papers had identified hundreds of risks to patient safety classed as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;catastrophic” or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;extreme”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed150896b0e">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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