double wimbledon. so this was a constituency in which the liberal democrats were unusually well placed in the wake of a pursuit of brexit that means the conservative party has indeed been doing relatively well in the constituencies, working class constituencies in the north of england and the midlands, as exemplified by the outcome of the hartlepool by election just a few weeks ago. but the converse of that has always been that in remain voting middle class seats in the south of england, the conservative coalition has been weakened to some degree in the wake of brexit and liberal democrats, frankly, are the party that in many instances are best placed to profit from that, and that s what they ve managed to do in chesham and amersham. irefill that s what they ve managed to do in chesham and amersham. chesham and amersham. will they -rofit chesham and amersham. will they rofit for chesham and amersham. will they profit for long. chesham and amersham. will they profit for long, though?
future will depend on the support of anyone who does become the leader of the democratic unionist party. a difficult time, being described as a crisis here for political leadership at stormont, just one day into the new first minister s tenure in office. sirjeffrey donaldson. danjohnson, thank you very much. a planned relaxation of covid restrictions in wales on monday won t now go ahead because of concerns about the delta variant. the rule change is being put on hold for a month to allow more people to have their second jab. some small changes to the current rules are being made though, for example wedding numbers will be able to increase indoors. england and scotland will meet at a major football tournament for the first time in 25 years today. the euro 2020 game is one of the most anticipated of the championship, and will be played in front of a reduced crowd at wembley stadium this evening. alexandra mackenzie is in glasgow this morning.
hit by the consequences of brexit because they do do business with the european union and they see that they are adversely impacted by it. and they also don t like the tone. the tone, the conservative party has always had a tone of moderation and common sense. it comes across at the moment as a rather strident party in many respects, these are the things which i think are undermining its credibility with what i would describe as historically a core section of its electorate. it was already apparent in the local elections with the results in both my old constituency and chesham and amersham, that people who were standing were independents and were being successful. all of this is a reflection of an alienation from the party and what is seen as being historically the conservative party s core historically the conservative pa rty s core values. historically the conservative party s core values. i think that s the challenge for my colleagues. you have described what the problem is. the ele