What I got right, and what I got wrong, in 2021
There are, if not “rules” of politics, some pretty good general principles.
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Is North Shropshire the beginning of the end for the Conservatives?
The Liberal Democrats have returned as the natural party of protest and the ingredients for a Tory defeat are becoming…
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How the Liberal Democrats won their third biggest by-election swing ever
Helen Morgan won the Leave-voting North Shropshire seat with a 34-point swing – the largest the party has achieved this…
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The Liberal Democrats had little to offer in North Shropshire. That is why their victory is so significant
This was a purely distilled protest vote. It was a referendum on Boris Johnson, and he lost.
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Liberal Democrats win North Shropshire by-election – and plunge Boris Johnson into crisis
The shock result will terrify the Tory party and could trigger the end of Johnson’s premiership.
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Can the Conservatives hold on in true-blue North Shropshire?
The Lib Dems believe they can pull off an astonishing by-election victory but bad blood with Labour has hampered the…
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Are the Tories heading for defeat in the North Shropshire by-election?
The Liberal Democrats will need a dramatic swing to win the seat from the Conservatives but the party has form…
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Decent Tories must back the Lib Dems to end Boris Johnson’s rotten premiership
A Lib Dem victory in the North Shropshire by-election would signal to Tory MPs that none of their seats is…
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