significant is his departure? chris skidmore has significant is his departure? chris skidmore has long significant is his departure? (ct 3 skidmore has long spoken significant is his departure? (t 3 skidmore has long spoken out significant is his departure? tt 3 skidmore has long spoken out about green issues but as you say there is a specific issue on monday that he says he can t vote for this bill, which would mean more gas and oil licenses, even though the government saysin licenses, even though the government says in the transition to net zero we can t rely on foreign supply, so we can t rely on foreign supply, so we need it, but it s the criticism mr skidmore is very critical of rishi sunak, he accuses him of rowing back from climate commitments, he says it s a tragedy that the uk is losing its climate leadership, and that the future will judge harshly those that support the bill on monday. if the criticism wasn t bad enough, the other headache for mr sunak is that mr skidmore
and frome and selby and ainsty. in uxbridge and south ruislip then prime minister borisjohnson won the seat at the 2019 general election with a majority ofjust over 7,000. here s nick. hello and welcome to i m sorry i haven t a clue. hello and welcome to i m sorry i haven t a clue. . . haven t a clue. the home of entlish haven t a clue. the home of english language haven t a clue. the home of english language puns- haven t a clue. the home of - english language puns immortalised on the wireless. the english language puns immortalised on the wireless. on the wireless. the first round is called uxbridge on the wireless. the first round is called uxbridge english on the wireless. the first round is called uxbridge english dictionary. | called uxbridge english dictionary. and a place that will soon give us a clue or two about the nation s political pulse. midsummer rituals as our gaze turns to uxbridge and south ruislep, months before a potentially decisive by election. uxbridge
similar to what colin said, i don t want to speculate until i know what the arrangements were and if they were adequate. that the arrangements were and if they were adequate. the arrangements were and if they were adeauate. . , . ., . were adequate. that news conference outside brixton were adequate. that news conference outside brixton police were adequate. that news conference outside brixton police station - were adequate. that news conference outside brixton police station in - outside brixton police station in the last few minutes. more information and details as they come information and details as they come in through the afternoon. now on bbc news, it s time for across the uk. labour cruised to victory in the stretford and urmston by election last night with andrew western becoming the country s newest mp. he won with a majority ofjust under 10,000. andrew weston is duly elected. the result was never in doubt. labour already had a big majority here, but last night increa
depart, and vicki young and i are looking at these images, first of all, as expected, vicki, elected with a majority ofjust around 21,000, can we talk about the margin of victory first? of victory first? possibly, it was closer than of victory first? possibly, it was closer than lots of victory first? possibly, it was closer than lots of of victory first? possibly, it was closer than lots of people - of victory first? possibly, it was i closer than lots of people thought. rishi sunak s team were saying, look, it s closer than you think. they never thought they were winning but definitely closer. it makes it tricky from her. she hasn t had backing from an awful lot of our own mps. she has won this, a clear victory, of course, but not the same as her predecessors managed to achieve. that will be quickly forgotten, she will become prime minister tomorrow, and in some ways none of that matters. the backing of her own mps and the cabinet she decides to put together is all about putti
opinions since the partygate scandal and the british prime minister s confidence vote. in wakefield, the conservatives are defending a majority ofjust over 3,000 and in tiverton and honiton the tories have a much larger majority of more than 211,000. let s talk to bbc newsnight s policy editor, lewis goodall. but these by elections into perspective. by elections take place in the uk whenever there is a vacancy from a member of parliament either through death or scandal, and both of these cases are as a result of resignation, as a result of scandal. different sorts of scandals that we need to dwell on, giving an indication of the fact that conservative party will be struggling locally, and of course, they are struggling nationally as well, partly because of scandal, because of the partygate scandal which is so mired, borisjohnson s so mired, boris johnson s government, so mired, borisjohnson s government, where they ve tried to move on and go to a