A warning that Boris Johnson was potentially at risk of losing the seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the general election came from the Conservatives’ campaign headquarters, CCHQ, not from GCHQ, the government communications headquarters. If Johnson does lose his seat, he will not be the first prime minister to suffer that fate, as we said. Conservative PM Arthur Balfour lost his seat of Manchester East in the Liberal landslide of 1906, returning to parliament in a byelection soon after (“Youth vote is key to ousting Johnson from his own seat”, 17 November, page 10).
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