UK ruling Conservative Party loses two out of three by-elections
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The UK's ruling Conservative Party loses two out of three by-elections as support for the main opposition Labour Party soars ahead of the 2024 general election.

Thursday was a bad day for the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak although not as bad as some people had predicted.

Many thought his ruling Conservative Party would lose former PM Boris Johnson’s old seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip on the outskirts of London.

That didn’t happen but it was a close contest for a constituency regarded as a ‘safe’ Tory seat. In the end, there was a 6.7% swing to Labour but the Conservatives won it by 495 votes.

However, elsewhere the ruling party was heavily defeated.

    • franglais@lemm.eeEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      Some cunts will lie with the literal devil, rather than change their tribal identity.

      • taladar@feddit.deEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        To be fair to the devil, if I had to spend some time with the devil or Suella Braverman, Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees Moog or someone else from the Tory leadership I would probably prefer the literal devil. About the only thing worse than the Tories would be someone from the DUP.

    • ThenThreeMore@startrek.websiteEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      They fought it on a purely local issue. The mayor of London is planning on extending the ultra low emission zone into that area. People are pissed.

      Even the they only won by about 400 votes.