The Guardian (June 24)
2022/ 06/ 26 by jd in Global News
“Even for an embattled prime minister leading an unpopular party in their 12th year of rule, this was a pretty dire pair of results.” The defeats in the byelection will “cast pall over Boris Johnson’s pitch that he is an election winner.” The Tiverton and Honiton upset was especially remarkable. The seat had been a stronghold for 130 years before the 24,000-plus Conservative majority was lost in “the largest numerical majority ever overturned in a byelection,” an altogether “stunning success” for the opposition.
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