Leekbrookgull
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2,000 maj. What next in whats left of this year ?
Go back to UKIP?Poor Zac. How will he cope?
Yes. In an area that was thought to have voted 70/30 remain. I imagine there's a fair few Tory MP's who will be concerned.Ran on an anti Brexit ticket?
Not sure he's quite the anti-elite man that Nutall's looking for in Labour's northern heartlands.Go back to UKIP?
I am aware that the Heathrow isue played a major part in this election but very interesting that the Lib Dem candidate was an anti Brexit campaigner.
Not much of a surprise really liberal left Richmond. See how they fair in the next bi-election in Lincolnshire.
Not much of a surprise really liberal left Richmond.
Liberal left? Goldsmith had a 23,000 majority, it was one of the safest Tory seats in the country and Labour lost its deposit. You've clearly been to Richmond but I spent three years working there and it's very, very affluent.
Exactly. It's not a shock because the LibDems poured resources into a winnable seat. But some people on here are talking as if it was a gimme when it clearly wasn't because Richmond is NOT natural LibDem territory.Liberal left? Goldsmith had a 23,000 majority, it was one of the safest Tory seats in the country and Labour lost its deposit. You've clearly been to Richmond but I spent three years working there and it's very, very affluent.
Wow. I've read some patronising bollocks on here but that takes the biscuit.And it's also full of people who have the ability to think things through properly and make the most sensible decisions.
It's just a shame that the majority of the rest of the country was unable to do this.
Wow. I've read some patronising bollocks on here but that takes the biscuit.
Lib Dems held the seat before the last GE.
It's hardly a massive shock, everyone was mooting this could happen when Goldsmith stood down.
Also since the last GE the tories have become increasingly right wing, and unlikeable, which has probably turned off a lot of voters in Richmond overall.