in this rural constituency last night, we knew it would be close but although the lib dems were cautiously confident and the conservatives feared the worst, nobody was confident enough to call it at that point. but in the early hours, the liberal democrats claim victory and when the result was announced after foray, victory and when the result was announced afterforay, it victory and when the result was announced after foray, it confirmed their convincing victory. when the results came in, helen morgan, the winning lib dems candidate, overturned a conservative majority and put a majority of 6000 votes between her and the conservatives who finished in second and labour who finished in second and labour who came a distant third. to put it in perspective, the tories had a majority of almost 23,000 back in 2019 when owen paterson was re elected then. a few things when the lib dems way last night. one of those was turnout, which was
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talking about, we canjoin explore some of what nick was talking about, we can join the labour mp diane abbott who joins me from east london and a very good morning to you! thank you for joining us. keir starmer has said after this result this result shows labour at its best, this isjust the start. is this a real victory for keir starmer? start. is this a real victory for keir starmer? it s a great result, it is a great keir starmer? it s a great result, it is a great result keir starmer? it s a great result, it is a great result for keir starmer? it s a great result, it is a great result for the - keir starmer? it s a great result, it is a great result for the people| it is a great result for the people are batley and spen and a great result for the people who led the campaign on the ground because in a tight campaign like that, every door unicorn counts and above that it is a great result for kim leadbeater and we are all very happy because we are socialists. but and we are all
know, very careful, and the reason is, look, i grew up in a time when if you were going to get through a door as a woman, you did not react to anything. reporter: among the highlights, how she felt about president trump s victory. trush crushed obviously and surprised because i couldn t figure out what happened. hadn t written a losing speech when you lost that. only it victory in mind. no. and everything pointed in that direction. i said to myself, as everybody who talked to me about it, look, i hope he s going to be a better president than i think he will be. i m worried about it, but i m going to do everything i can, as i told him when i called him that terrible night. oh, you did call him. oh, i did. i said, look, you know, donald, i want you to be a good president. i will do whatever i can to help you. we re in that was he gracious?