responsibility, and it we can expect to hear a great deal more from her. i think she s also got to be quite tactical about this, because no doubt she has been positioning herself as a potential leader of the conservative party, and certainly as a leader of the right. she is not the only person in the conservative party that will run on that ticket should they lose the next election, and she will have a very strong competition from someone like kemi badenoch, for instance, who has been demonstrably more loyal whilst in government. i think suella has to pick herfights and government. i think suella has to pick her fights and be quite tactical about them. just in terms of democratic accountability, somebody in the house of commons needs to be talking about these issues, and quite frankly, reshuffles, because a great deal of excitement people in the westminster bubble, but they are pretty insignificant once you get outside s w one, as they should be, because people have real live
had to spend £23,000 to change his work van just in order to avoid the ulez payment. that is still a huge chunk of money, he has now got himself into debt as a result of just trying to get to work. that is what is angering people. we have spoken to people who don t normally vote conservative in this area, and they say that, simply because of the ultra low emission zone payment, they decided to vote for steve tuckwell because it is something they really don t want in this area. how much you think mixed messaging may have been an issue here? in that, the labour candidate came out against the expansion of the ultra low emission zone in direct contrast to sadiq khan, who is pushing it forward, and then labour party leader keir starmer decides to sit on the fence. the leader keir starmer decides to sit on the fence- leader keir starmer decides to sit on the fence. , ,., , on the fence. the mixed messaging is an issue for on the fence. the mixed messaging is an issue for all on the fen
and pundits to analyse what these results say about the big political picture. yes, the conservatives managed to stem the outgoing tide from which they are seemingly suffering in uxbridge, but it seems to me there is little gainsaying the fact that the tide is still a long way out for the conservatives and they still have an awful long way to go before they look as though they might have a chance of being able to retain power. the campaigns ahead of these by elections were hard fought. the results give each party a victory, but leave some big questions, too, about who is really on the path to power ahead of the next general election. alex forsyth, bbc news. the liberal democrats have hailed the results as spectacular , their leader sir ed davey has been speaking in frome. in the last hour.
and send a message at this by election. it may well be a different picture, a general election at some point year. eur different picture, a general election at some point year. sur ed davey referenced election at some point year. sur ed davey referenced that. election at some point year. sur ed davey referenced that. he - election at some point year. sur ed davey referenced that. he thanked | davey referenced that. he thanked the former labour voters for doing that. he insists they are back and a fighting force. to what extent do you think tactical voting could be an issue in translating yesterday s when, the other night when, into a general election? general election? there are undoubtedly general election? there are undoubtedly areas - general election? there are undoubtedly areas where i general election? there are. undoubtedly areas where the general election? there are - undoubtedly areas where the liberal democrats are better placed to remove conservative mps across large
spoken to, with steve tuckwell, that is the reason they decided to vote on the conservatives, to stop, if they can, the expansion of you left payment into this area. payment into this area. jonathan blake, welcome. payment into this area. jonathan blake, welcome. you payment into this area. jonathan blake, welcome. you spoke - payment into this area. jonathan blake, welcome. you spoke to i payment into this area. jonathan | blake, welcome. you spoke to ed davey a short time ago. clearly delighted at the huge win for his party with an 11,000 seat majority. a big win for the liberal democrats. no doubt about it. 0vernight here at somerton and frome. they were confident at the start of this campaign, the only question was how much they would win by, and how far there would be able to overturn that a sizeable majority that the tories had in the seat. and, they campaigned hard throughout, claiming to have knocked on thousands of dos apps across this vast rural constituency here in some