end of the process? this is a conservative government which is behaving in some rather un conservative ways. plus, they don t like i think, picking up from talking to them, they don t like this slightly nationalistic atmosphere that is generated by the prime minister, which seems to go down very well with some sections of the electorate but doesn t go down well with them. these unpatriotic people but they don t think that one s patriotism should be expressed in those terms, and they look with anxiety at the two don t make the deteriorating relationship between the united kingdom because my closest european neighbours, which is continuing to haemorrhage whatever trade deal may be done with australia. these are the things that are worrying them. as i say, this is are worrying them. as i say, this is a pretty sophisticated group, although there are poor people in chesham and amersham as well, one should understand that, and some significant ethnic minority community in cheshire. but overa
great news there. breezy conditions, quite humid but away from that, notice, barely a cloud in the sky for some. temperatures peaking around 20 21. the heavy and thundery rain well clear through tonight, most places dry into the start of saturday morning. a little on the fresh side. saturday the better of the two days as far as dry and bright conditions are concerned. a few isolated showers but sunny spells but most into the afternoon and for some of you, a little warmer than today. starting to turn kohler down the eastern coast actually still on sunday, with many more of seeing the return of some more rain. hello this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines: sarah louise of the liberal democrat party is duly elected. cheer the conservatives suffer a crushing defeat in the chesham
feeling neglected. is there some disenchantment with the attention that the red wall has been getting? what does borisjohnson have to do to fix this? we know what the problem is, how does he fix it? t problem is, how does he fix it? i don t think it s the amount of attention being given to red wool seats. i would have thought if you spoke to somebody in chesham and amersham and asked if it is in the national interest if things were better in middlesbrough, they would universally answer yes. but what they perceive is that the prime minister is on a series of rhetorical flourishes where he says that everything is going to be transformed for the better, but the experience, the lived experience of people in seats like chesham and amersham is that things are deteriorating. they are heavily involved in our national economy and they can see the consequences, both from covid undoubtedly, but also from covid undoubtedly, but also from brexit, and they don t like the tone. they look at a governm
this is bbc news. i m lukwesa burak with the latest headlines. sarah louise of the liberal democrat party is duly elected. cheering the conservatives suffer a crushing defeat in the chesham and amersham by election as the liberal democrats win with a large majority. the party s leader says, it s sent a shock wave through british politics . people talked about the red wall in the north but forgotten about the blue wall in the south and that s going to come tumbling down if this result is mimicked across this country. ministers have apologised to rape victims in england and wales for the lack of prosecutions in recent years promising to reform the system to ensure
tonight, the voice of chesham and amersham is unmistakable. together we have said enough is enough, we will be heard, and this government will listen. this campaign has shown that, no matter where you live or how supposedly safe a constituency may appear to be, if you want a liberal democrat member of parliament you can have a liberal democrat member of parliament. that was sarah green. the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey said he was overjoyed by the by election result. i think this will send shock waves through british politics. liberal democrats have had good wins in the past but this is our best ever by election victory and if it was repeated across the south literally dozens of conservative seats would fall to the liberal democrats. people talked about the red wall