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Boris Johnson will be faced with some harsh realities after his party’s stunning by-election loss in the Conservatives’ heartland.
Boris Johnson will be faced with some harsh realities after his party’s stunning by-election loss in the Conservatives’ heartland.
Boris Johnson will be faced with some harsh realities after his party’s stunning by-election loss in the Conservatives’ heartland.
Boris Johnson will be forced to confront some difficult political choices as he assesses the Tory drubbing in Chesham and Amersham. The Liberal Democrats claim the result has sent a “shockwave through British politics” by showing that seats in the “Blue Wall” of Tory seats in southern England are vulnerable. The warning signs were there in the local elections in May – although Conservative eyes may instead have been tempted to look north, where further inroads were being made into previously safe Labour territory. The party lost councillors in places including Tunbridge Wells, Surre...
Going to move on now. the liberal democrats are celebrating a stunning by—election victory, after winning a seat that has been conservative for almost half a century. sarah green won chesham and amersham in buckinghamshire byjust over 8,000 votes, overturning a tory majority of 16,000. the lib dem leader, sir ed davey, says the conservatives have ignored local voters, and their "blue wall" of southern seats is now crumbling. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports from chesham. the liberal democrat party is duly elected. the lib dems say they've created a political shock wave, their ...