The Tories could win less than 100 seats for the first time in their 345 year history, a surprise new poll has found.
Conservative MPs have accused Rishi Sunak of being "missing in action" as the party heads for electoral oblivion .
A new Calculus poll suggests that any gains made by the PM after Liz Truss's disastrous spell in charge have been wiped out, with Labour now recording a 21 point lead.
Astonishingly this would see Labour gain a landslide majority with 328 seats, while the Tories would return just 89.
The bombshell poll comes a year after Boris Johnson finally quit following a rebellion over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal, setting off another 12 months of Conservative Party psychodrama.
Tory MPs - who are tipped to lose their seats in droves - reacted with fury after a survey of 1,632 voters found Labour would pick up 47% of the vote.
Mr Sunak's beleaguered team trail behind with just 26%, The Express reports.
One disgruntled MP told the newspaper that the PM was "leading us to catastrophe", while another accused him of being "missing in action".
A third said: "It's almost as if his heart is not in it anymore, if it ever was."
The PM has been heavily criticised after opting to miss two Prime Ministers' Questions in a row, prompting Labour to hit out at the "absentee" leade r.
The Tories have been locked in a fresh civil war as Boris Johnson's toxic legacy continues to stain British politics.
Last week eight supporters were named in a Privileges Committee report accusing them of attempting to influence and intimidate those carrying out the Partygate probe.
And a brazen group of rebels within the Conservative Party - branding themselves the New Conservatives - decided to publicly challenge the PM on immigration, saying promises hadn't been kept.
It makes for difficult reading for Mr Sunak, who is under fire over soaring mortgage costs as millions of voters battle the cost of living crisis.
But one ally of the PM pointed the finger of blame at Mr Johnson, telling The Express: "It is no coincidence that the collapse in the polls has come when Boris Johnson went back into the headlines."
The latest poll results would see the Conservatives fare even worse than in 1997, when Tony Blair swept to a landslide victory, ushering in more than a decade of Labour government.
Techne UK chief executive Michela Morizzo said: "This snapshot is a black wave for the Conservatives and, if a General Election was held today, it would almost certainly result in a bigger electoral loss than John Major's defeat in 1997.
"What is particularly interesting is that it is common for the UK summer months to see small fluctuations in party support, as the electorate is generally happy to ignore politics in favor of holidays and time outdoors in better weather"
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