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Residents in the safe seat of Wellingborough and Rushden express buyer’s remorse over the Conservative government
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Residents in the safe seat of Wellingborough and Rushden express buyer’s remorse over the Conservative government
Huge by-election swings to Labour raise parallels with Blair in 1997 but these are very different times.
Relations have soured after the Lib Dems refused to step back from the Mid Beds contest, and were accused of highly personal attacks on Labour's candidate.
If the 20 percentage-point swings to Labour seen in four recent by-elections were repeated in a national poll next year, that would mean a comfortable Labour majority for Sir Keir Starmer.
Sunak and the Tories may never recover