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Tories lose some more: Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections ‘one of worst nights any government has endured’
The results from Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire represent one of the worst by-election nights that any government has had to endure.
In Tamworth, the 23.9% swing from Conservative to Labour was the second highest in post-war by-election history. No government has previously lost so safe a seat – the Conservatives had a 42% majority in 2019 – to the principal opposition party in a by-election contest.
Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections ‘one of worst nights any government has endured’, BBC News
It is almost as if the country is waking up to the idea that almost anyone is better than the Tories.
Here are the results in graphical form – thanks to the BBC.
If this loss rate carries over into the general election the Sunak’s Conservatives could face utter humiliation. I am okay with this.
Number of signatures demanding election approaching one million
The number of signatures on a petition calling for an election to end (Tory-caused) chaos is rapidly approaching the million mark.
A further 300,000 signatures have been added since parliament “debated” the request. Debated is in quotes because the Tories were a no-show to the debate.
Over 150,000 additional signatures were added to the petition calling for a general election
The petition which was stalling out at the mid-six-hundred thousands is not well on its way to eight thousand signatures.
Update: By Saturday 22nd the petition had gone from 788,757 to 836,330 signatures.
Update: By Sunday 23rd it had 855,706 signatures
Update: By Sunday 30th it had 892,784 signatures
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