professor of politics at strathclyde university. thank you forjoining us. how do you read this result? we are hearing a lot of claims obviously from the lib dems. what about you? what does it say to you? the dems. what about you? what does it sa to ou? ., , , dems. what about you? what does it say to you?— say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election _ say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election that _ say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election that the - say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election that the liberal. was a by—election that the liberal democrats always had a good chance of winning, and certainly a by—election that the liberal democrats needed to win badly. this is a very middle class, degree heavy, remain voting constituency just outside of london. this is precisely the kind of constituency in which the conservatives performed relatively badly in 2019 and in many of which the liberal democrats performed relatively well, most notably gaining some, but not being that far behind in the foreign secretary's constituency of esher and walton is not far behind in one