restrictions on people coming from germany at the present time, and thatis germany at the present time, and that is quite right, you would expect us to have tough measures to stop the disease arriving in this country. on your question about the institute of india and the astrazeneca vaccinations, i see no reason at all why the nhra approved vaccines should not be recognised as part of the vaccine passports, and i m very confident that that will not proved to be a problem. one your point about batley and spen, i would say that actually we thought an incredibly positive campaign, and all things considered did very well to reduce a long standing labour majority northern several decades old to only 323 with what i think if
that was the conservative perspective on the result in batley and spen. let s get some more analysis of results, lewis is with us for some details. the analysis of results, lewis is with us for some details. us for some details. the labour party has us for some details. the labour party has pulled us for some details. the labour party has pulled off us for some details. the labour party has pulled off what - us for some details. the labour party has pulled off what a i us for some details. the labour party has pulled off what a fewl us for some details. the labour i party has pulled off what a few days ago pundits said was a lost cause, holding onto batley and spen in west yorkshire. it was a narrow sliver of a victory, let s look. the majority was way down. labour at 35.3%. 34.4% of the conservatives, george galloway with 21.9%, the lib dems lost their deposit on 3.3%. there were two factors which made people think this would not happen for labour, the first was george galloway
are wanting to bank that westminster journalist drumm about divided parties. i don t think that s really what people want to hear. they want to hear about policy, they want to hear about how we are going to defeat the tories at the next general election and what you need to distinguish is about what westminsterjournalists to distinguish is about what westminster journalists want to talk about and what people out there, in the middle, still, one of the greatest public health crisis of my lifetime, what they want to hear about. , ., ~ , ., ,, lifetime, what they want to hear about. , ., ~ ., ,, lifetime, what they want to hear about. ., ,, about. diane abbott, thank you so much forjoining about. diane abbott, thank you so much forjoining us. conservative party chair amanda milling said that the story around former health secretary matt hancock was a topic that came up on the doorstep during the by election campaign in batley & spen. i will be honest with you, the issue with matt di
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the issue with matt did come upi on the doorstep but it was a wide range of different issues - and at the end of the day we have to come back to the fact that governing partiesjust- don t gain by elections. it s unprecedented to do - so and it was unprecedented to do so in hartlepool. the batley and spen result matters to the local community, but it will have important ramifications in westminster too. let s cross now to check is where the prime minister is meeting with the prime minister is meeting with the german chancellor, angela merkel. , , the german chancellor, angela merkel. , ., ., merkel. and in the course of that time, merkel. and in the course of that time. some merkel. and in the course of that time, some things merkel. and in the course of that time, some things have - merkel. and in the course of that time, some things have changed | time, some things have changed beyond recognition, but for much of your tenure it will certainly tradition for england to lose to