These by elections were billed as nail biters. Close, tense. In the end, they delivered two significant victories to labour. First in tamworth the 57th Safest Conservative seat in the country before last night. Edwards, sarah siena, labour party 11,719 votes. Cheering. The new mp was elated. It is certainly feeling very historic. I think one of the things we can take is a lot of comfort from the fact that people have seen labour are offering a positive vision, that they want a fresh start, and they are not seeing that the Conservatives have anything to offer. The defeated conservative candidate chose not to stick around. In a statement the tories described it as a difficult result on a much reduced turnout. But it was about to get even more difficult for them. Over in Mid Bedfordshire, when the ballot boxes started arriving, it had still been too close to call, in a rare three way fight between the Conservatives, labour and the lib dems. The liberal democrats doubled their share of the
Of former culture secretary nadine dorries. Here our political helen kat. These by elections were billed as nail biters. Close, tense. In the end, they delivered two significant victories to labour. First in tamworth the 57th Safest Conservative seat in the country before last night. Edwards, sarah siena, labour party 11,719 votes. Cheering. The new mp was elated. They are seeing the conservatives do not have anything to offer. The defeated conservative candidate chose not to stick around. In a statement the tories described it as a difficult result on a much reduced turnout. But it was about to get even more difficult for them. Over in Mid Bedfordshire, when the ballot boxes started arriving, it had still been too close to call, in a rare three way fight between the conservatives, labour and the lib dems. The liberal democrats doubled their share of the vote, but once again it was labour who emerged victorious. I therefore duly declare Alistair Luke Strathern Elected as Member Of Parl
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wind plus battery storage are the cheapest forms of energy ever and it ll be interesting to see if, you know, popular culture is social liens and it s one thing to add a bunch of solar and it has to replace oil and gas over time and it s the wind down. so interesting, listen, it s a political talking point but money talks here, too, and it s so clear and it s interesting the statistics that you put up. thanks so much, great to have you on this. still ahead, fireworks on capitol hill, hunter biden making a surprise appearance in front of congress, then making a swift exit, we will breakdown