has made something of a fine art in recent years, winning these by election results, sending a message they want to do to the conservatives and electorate as a whole that it is time for them to leave office. as we know, by elections are one thing, a general election, quite a different matter. ain t that the truth? thank you much indeed. alistair and froom, steve in derby, and andean sherborne in dorset. at last, and the! yes, i was wondering whether we would run out of time espec apologies for the noise in the background you can hear, the tree cutters. the trees are coming down like the tory party, nicky. where are the tree hugger is when you want them?! where are the tree hugger is when you want them? ! where are the tree hugger is when you want them?! anyway, carry on. that s for sure. you want them?! anyway, carry on. that s for sure. one you want them?! anyway, carry on. that s for sure. one thing you want them?! anyway, carry on. that s for sure. one thing i - you want them
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here is the news. thanks, nicky. the conservative party has suffered two macrobid by election defeats, losing safe seats to labour and the lib dems. labour over to the majority of more than 20,000 votes in the north yorkshire seat of selvy and ainsty. the lib dems won somerset in frame, overturning a 19,000 vote majority. that the tories managed to hold onto boris johnson s that the tories managed to hold onto borisjohnson s former that the tories managed to hold onto boris johnson s former constituency of uxbridge and south rice lip in london, winning byjust under 500 votes. during a visit this morning, rishi sunak said that it showed the next general election was not a done deal and vowed to stick to his plan. in other news, new figures show the government borrowed £18.5 billion last month to bridge the gap between