Tories lose North Shropshire seat they held for nearly 200 years https://t.co/b2r5Iwd2f2
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 17, 2021
The North Shropshire byelection is a telling off to Boris Johnson. He has been given the responsibility of leading the country at a time of trial and he is doing a bad job of leading.
46% of voters turned out on a day that recorded more new positive cases of Covid than ever before.
North Shropshire, parliamentary by-election result:
LDEM: 47.2% (+37.2)
CON: 31.6% (-31.1)
LAB: 9.7% (-12.4)
GRN: 4.6% (+1.4)
REFUK: 3.8% (+3.8)LDem GAIN from Con.
— Britain Elects (@BritainElects) December 17, 2021
The Liberal swing is even greater than that at Chesham and Amersham and this time the Prime Minister cannot brush the result off as a result of local issues.
The Liberals fought the campaign on national as well as local issues and Helen Morgan’s acceptance speech, though scripted , made it clear what she thought of Boris Johnson’s antics.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey tweeted from self-isolation
Millions of people are fed up with Boris Johnson and his failure to provide leadership throughout the pandemic and last night the voters of North Shropshire spoke for all of them.
Congratulations @HelenHalcrow, you will make a wonderful MP for your community. pic.twitter.com/KJRsEuxMxK
— Ed Davey MP 🔶🇪🇺 (@EdwardJDavey) December 17, 2021
Helen Morgan is a parish councillor who had recently lost an election to be a Shropshire County Councillor. She stood in the 2019 general election in the same seat but won just 5,643 votes – 10% of the total. This time round, she took 17,957 votes – more than 47% of the. For a few hours she will be a famous politician and for a few years an MP.
No doubt she will struggle to retain her seat at a general election, such is the nature of things. But right now she should be congratulated in mobilising the electorate in a way that the Labour party couldn’t.
46% turnout!! The apathy party win again, as they do in pensions
If you were in England – London – Hackney (where I am) – or even North Shropshire, you wouldn’t be too keen on going out right now! Covid is a very real threat
Hello John,
‘Apathy’
I have ‘dyed-in-the-wool’ Tory family in that constituency who’s intention was to ‘abstain’ – a popular Tory strategy these days. Thus, if that intention was widespread, then the 46% who voted are, I suggest, the reason for the triumph and we should therefore be pleased .
Do enjoy your champagne and plenty of it…!
Kind regards,
Tim Simpson
If you want to make a difference to the poor you might start here
https://intelligence.weforum.org/topics/a1Gb0000000LiPSEA0?utm_source=sfmc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2764048_Agenda_weekly-17December2021&utm_term=&emailType=Agenda%20Weekly
One of the major problems with the Tory Party is that when they oust Boris another clown will take his place. There is a complete lack of integrity in the current cabinet, a bunch of sycophants put in post for their loyalty rather than any capability to govern. If we remove from his record the admittedly good job Sunak did at the start of the pandemic, since then he has been no more than adequate, and the rest of the cabinet are a crock of shite.
Hello Brian,
I do not think you are wrong. But then few, if any, of these politicians nowadays have ever run a business, let alone a large business. True some, like Sunak and Hunt are ‘entrepreneurs’ or ‘hedgies’ but that is not understanding cash flows, staff management, motivation, profit & loss etc. You might say that Boris ran the GLA, yet that’s not the same thing either. Granted there he stood up for the Police against the **** Mrs May(hem). Look at Cameron’s working history pre-MP and then post-Minister…? Also Osbourne’s management of the Evening Standard after they had both crashed the Country with Brexit. I’m not surprised that Boris got in because, I was at work at the time, and all the women there found him amusing. I suggest you brace yourself for a further PM candidate who (surprise,surprise) is also Eton/Oxbridge, who’s also full of the belief that they are born to rule.
Kind regards,
Tim Simpson
one of the major problems with the Tory party is that once they oust the Boris shit show they will replace him with another incompetent fool. The current cabinet is bereft of talent, put in post for their sycophantic loyalty rather than any discernible talent. Although he did well with the furlough scheme, since then Sunak has been at best adequate, and the rest have displayed poor judgement, and show no signs of having the integrity, intellect and leadership skills required to get us through the challenges we face over the coming years.