[Politics] Lib Dems Win North Shropshire By-Election

[Dick Head]

Well, fancy that! When I saw that Labour had been out campaigning I thought that would let the Tories squeak past the Lib Dems. Not so, apparently. That was worth staying up all night for!

Smith, Ind. - 95
UKIP - 378
Rejoin EU - 58
Reclaim - 375
Party Party - 19
Heritage - 79
Hope (MRLP) - 118
Freedom All. - 57
Kenward - 3
Green - 1738
Lib Dems - 17957
Cons - 12032
Reform - 1427
Lab. - 3686

 

[Thunder Bolt]

North Shropshire by-election 2021
Conservative - 12,032
Labour - 3,686
Libdem - 17,957
Green - 1,738
Reclaim - 375
Reform - 1,427

This constituency has been Tory since 1832.

 

[stss30]

Excellent, hopefully this is an early indication that the general public are slowly waking up and smelling the coffee

 

[crodonilson]

Surely that's got to be curtains for Boris now? Let's get someone else in who can get a grip on the covid crisis.

 

[Machiavelli]

North Shropshire by-election 2021
Conservative - 12,032
Labour - 3,686
Libdem - 17,957
Green - 1,738
Reclaim - 375
Reform - 1,427

This constituency has been Tory since 1832.

That might make a few sit up and pay attention. They've held it for nearly two centuries. The prior incumbent resigned citing that politics is cruel despite being found guilty of breaching lobbying rules.
The other stand out figure from this is a 34%. That's massive even for a byelection. Let's not pretend that this will translate itself into a general election result, but there only needs to be a swing of about a fifth or a quarter of that total in order for the Conservatives to lose their (substantial) parliamentary majority.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

That might make a few sit up and pay attention. They've held it for nearly two centuries. The prior incumbent resigned citing that politics is cruel despite being found guilty of breaching lobbying rules.
The other stand out figure from this is a 34%. That's massive even for a byelection. Let's not pretend that this will translate itself into a general election result, but there only needs to be a swing of about a fifth or a quarter of that total in order for the Conservatives to lose their (substantial) parliamentary majority.

The stupid thing about this is, if Johnson hadn’t tried to overthrow the Standards Committee, letting Paterson serve his suspension, it would have blown over by now.
He’s dug his own grave.

 

[Machiavelli]

The stupid thing about this is, if Johnson hadn’t tried to overthrow the Standards Committee, letting Paterson serve his suspension, it would have blown over by now.
He’s dug his own grave.

That was the moment the starting pistol was fired. But there's a plethora of this, and the drip-drip of the release is really having an effect. I'm sure there's more breaches to come but, even if there isn't, the details regarding the cronyism of the PPE contracts will start to be announced. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that some new issue will be unearthed exposing further corruption or cronyism.
And that's before the wider, more 'normal' political issues are factored in, although that's a departure from your point which I disagree with for the stated reasons.

 

[Randy McNob]

Maybe a leadership challenge will ensue from the sensible section of the party? No seat is safe....

 

[Berty23]

Maybe a leadership challenge will ensue from the sensible section of the party? No seat is safe....

Who falls into that category since the cull of anyone who offered any sort of challenge?

 

[Rugrat]

Maybe a leadership challenge will ensue from the sensible section of the party? No seat is safe....

I'd be surprised if it does. BB will shrug this off by lunchtime with the normal mid term drivvle and announce he's 'getting on with the job' (cue photo shoot at yet another vaccination centre)

 

[nwgull]

Maybe a leadership challenge will ensue from the sensible section of the party? No seat is safe....

Didn’t most of them cross the floor 2-3 years ago? Any leadership challenge is likely to result in more of the same shit influenced by the extreme right faction in the party. The benefit will however be that it’ll be less opaque and no longer fronted by Johnstone’s chummy bumbling idiot facade.

 

[vegster]

This is a massive result, a huge swing from a comfortable Tory majority of 23,000 to a LibDem majority of almost 6,000.

It may only be a protest vote, and may not be repeated on the next General Election when it comes, but this is a damning verdict on Johnson and his sleaze ridden government.

Up and down the country now there is no such thing as as " safe " Tory seat. This will enthuse so many activists that they can make a real difference and things can change. Are you watching Tim Loughton?

 

[Hugo Rune]

North Shropshire by-election 2021
Conservative - 12,032
Labour - 3,686
Libdem - 17,957
Green - 1,738
Reclaim - 375
Reform - 1,427

This constituency has been Tory since 1832.

Amazing news!

This by-election is profoundly historic. And this quote rings true:

"Boris Johnson, the party is over," says Morgan after victory.

Whilst it’s incredibly difficult to understand why even 12,032 voted for this scum government, more than double of that voted for other parties. The Blue Wall has been bulldozed.

 

[Lever]

Amazing news!

This by-election is profoundly historic. And this quote rings true:

"Boris Johnson, the party is over," says Morgan after victory.

Whilst it’s incredibly difficult to understand why even 12,032 voted for this scum government, more than double of that voted for other parties. The Blue Wall has been bulldozed.

All of this……… where are the ‘right behind Boris’ tories on here when you actually do want to hear from them?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Have the Lib Dems and Labour finally realised they need to work together?!?

 

[nicko31]

Have the Lib Dems and Labour finally realised they need to work together?!?

Well that's what needs to happen if Labour have any chance in the next election.

Thought Tories would win by a few thousand TBH, are people finally waking up the lies of Johnson?

 

[Machiavelli]

I'd be surprised if it does. BB will shrug this off by lunchtime with the normal mid term drivvle and announce he's 'getting on with the job' (cue photo shoot at yet another vaccination centre)

He doesn't like those shoots quite so much, because it reduces his opportunity to don a costume. It's panto-season all year on the Johnson express

 

[sparkie]

Maybe a leadership challenge will ensue from the sensible section of the party? No seat is safe....

The 1st stage is 15% of Tory MPs have to write to the 1922 committee wanting him out.

Then there is a vote and 50% of Tory MPs need to vote to ditch him ( if Johnson wins he is immune from being deposed for a year ).

Then there is a leadership contest.

 

[Machiavelli]

Have the Lib Dems and Labour finally realised they need to work together?!?

Probably not, and I'd be amazed if they announced anything, but there might be something going on behind the scenes.
This is because it influences the larger question, which is the future of the union. There will be a referendum north of the border, that's just a question of when not if. If Scotland goes, it completely reorients the parliamentary arithmetic in whatever name that follows (GB and UK wouldn't exactly work), and does so in favour of the Tories. The non-Tory parties will have to have a serious rethink if that happens.

 

[beorhthelm]

Have the Lib Dems and Labour finally realised they need to work together?!?

maybe. falling from second to third one wonders if Labour should give up on range of seats, as utterly unwinnable for them.