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One-time proud Tory Georgia "Toff" Toffolo has admitted she doesn't know who she will be voting for at the next general election.
The former Made In Chelsea star, 29, has made no secret about where her political allegiances lie since becoming a household name, previously branding Tory MP Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, 54, "a sex god" and forging a close friendship with Boris Johnson's father Stanley during their time in the jungle in 2017.
But the I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! winner now admits the current Conservative Party has "really fallen short" of what is expected of them and has let a lot of people down - to the point where she doesn't know if she'll be voting Tory when the time comes to head to polling stations.
Georgia is certain she will cast a vote at the next general election, with the reality TV star passionate about challenging voter apathy among young people, but confesses: "I might struggle to vote conservative if I'm being really honest," hinting Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party may possibly be able to woo her.
'I might struggle to vote Conservative if I'm being really honest,' Toff admitsSpeaking exclusively to the Mirror, the Wild Pack founder shared how she actually confronted a Tory MP at a fundraising lunch over the current governments failing - revealing the unnamed politician struggled to tell her three things that they are proud of the Conservative Party achieving since gaining power in 2010.
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"I think the government has really fallen short and I don't think they have any chance of winning the next election," Toff admitted when asked how she plans to vote later this year. "I think they've been given a huge chance and a huge mandate by the country and I think they've really fallen short. So yeah, that's my view."
Pressed about whether she will still mark an X next to a Conservative Party candidate's name, Toff confessed she's an undecided voter at the moment. "Good question. I haven't even thought about it yet," she muses. "For the first time, I might struggle to vote Conservative if I'm being really honest.
"I sort of feel like everyone else, just a bit disappointed. I think they had a huge opportunity, and a lot of people put their faith in the party for the first time, and I don't think they've made much of it. So to answer your question, I don't know how I'll vote. I know that I will vote because I've written extensively about voter apathy amongst young people and I don't think the solution to disengagement is not voting, but I don't know how yet."
Georgia then revealed: "I asked this exact question to a Conservative Party minister at a fundraising lunch I was at, I was like 'can you just tell me three things that you're proud of that the Tory government has done in the past 14 years?' They really struggled to answer that so I was like, 'well, we are where we are'. But to answer your question, I will vote but I don't know who I will vote for."
Toff isn't the only millennial ditching the Tories, with it revealed last year that nearly two-thirds of young people believe the Conservative Party deserve to lose the next general election. Research from the centre-right thinktank Onward found that millennials - people aged 25-40 - see the Tories as "dishonest, incompetent and out of touch".
The next United Kingdom general election is expected to be held in the second half of 2024, and must be held no later than 28 January 2025. Last month, Rishi Sunak suggested Britain will head to the polling station later this year, with the prime minister appearing to rule out a 2025 ballot to journalists attending Downing Street as he called 2024 as an "election year".