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.
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 prime minister, rishi sunak has visited the constituency of uxbridge out of the conservative victory. he was interviewed by our political correspondent and here is what he had to say. prime minister, ulez has helped you win here, but in other parts of the country where you did very well in 2019, you ve been absolutely thumped.
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. we will make sense of what we have heard overnight with correspondence in all three by election areas and will speak to them throughout the morning. first to selby. david wallace lockhart. david, this is a result that labour will be really proud of, isn t it? it is. the conservatives went into this by election with a cushion of 20,000 plus majority. that is now a 4000 labour majority so a huge win for them, the biggest majority labour has ever overturned in a by election. the last time labour had swings of this size was in the run up to the 1997 general election and we all remember what happened
booing him over loyalty, which given just how loyal he has been to trump tells you what exactly? yes, alicia, a painful moment for lindsey graham. i ll tell you this about lindsey graham. i was with lindsey in saudi arabia, and in a meeting with the king, lindsey graham says to the king of saudi arabia, don t worry about donald trump. the presidents come and go, but senators stay forever. but that vinette told me a lot about lindsey graham, someone who likely trim in the u.s. senate then retire from it. so he has compromised and sacrificed his own dignity and his own political consistency to try to follow the path to power, to stay in the u.s. senate. and it is emblematic of the rest of the party. they know that donald trump has his iron grip on the party. it is post ideological. it is a grievance. you can call it populism, if you want. the party has decided to look past all defaults of donald
ideology party, not even perform tivoli about fiscal conservatism or small government, just a shadow of trump now, then they aren t booing lindsey graham over policy or votes he has taken. they re booing him over loyalty, which given just how loyal he has been to trump tells you what exactly? yeah, alicia, a painful moment for lindsey graham. i ll tell you this about lindsey graham. i was with lindsey in saudi arabia and in a meeting with the king, lindsey graham says to the king of saudi arabia, don t worry about donald trump. presidents come and go, but senators stay forever. and that little vignette told me a lot about lindsey graham, someone who likely plans to expire in the u.s. senate rather than retire from it. so he has compromised and sacrificed his own dignity and his own political consistency to try to follow the path to power, to stay in the u.s. senate. and it is emblematic of the rest of the party.