Is the tory candidate really suffering as a result. It will confirm the fear of tory mps that the effect of the reform party is to really reduce their chances and increase labour s chances, so if it is replicated on scale in a General Election it could have quite a devastating effect in terms of the type of loss of the tories have, so this result will not provide much comfort, particularly because there are problems that nigel farage might say he is taking a more active role in the party, something tories have also feared, for giving it more momentum. Also feared, for giving it more momentum also feared, for giving it more momentum. ,. ,. , momentum. Moving away from reform towards rishi momentum. Moving away from reform towards rishi sunak, momentum. Moving away from reform towards rishi sunak, what momentum. Moving away from reform towards rishi sunak, what do momentum. Moving away from reform towards rishi sunak, what do you towards rishi sunak, what do you think the results so far
Candidate katie loudon, who came second. Thats a swing from snp to labourof snp to labour of slightly more than 20 . The scottish Labour Leader says that the results show that Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed. This comes after the removal of snp mp Margaret Ferrier who was removed after breaking coronavirus rules. Michael shanks, Scottish Labour Party, 17,831. This was a stunning victory widely forecast but not with a win and a swing as big as this. Its time for change. That change cant come fast enough but one thing is now clear, there is no part of this country where labour cant win. Winning hamilton and Rutherglen West doubles the number of seats labour has in scotland from one to two. Small numbers but the party has big ambitions ahead. Its an extraordinary win and i think this is a seismic night here in scotland and a historic one and i think Scottish Politics has fundamentally changed and i think people in rutherglen and Hamilton West have sent a very clear message tha
Long term decisions for a brighter future, or short term jockeying for advantage . Rishi sunak sets out his stall for the coming election. The northern leg of h52 is cancelled. The Prime Minister insists that every penny of the £36 billion intended for that rail link will be spent on other projects. There were a raft of other announcements too, sold like this. Politics doesnt work the way it should. Weve had 30 years of a political system which incentivises the easy decision, not the right one. 30 years of vested interests standing in the way of change. 30 years of rhetorical ambition, which achieves little more than a short term headline. Weve gathered politicians to weigh up whether the reformist pitch is credible for a party already in government. Could it even be an election winner . And speaking of 30 years ago. Things can only get better now ive found you. With so many Big Government schemes especially in education and health reliant on private finance deals, we reveal the soari
Rishi sunak claims to be a low tax tory yet with the tax burden at its highests since records began, tonight 3 group of 33 of his own mps are asking him to put his money where his mouth is. Its the eve of the tory Party Conference, maybe the last one before the general election. What can rishi sunak do to cut through with voters . I think there are a number of sacred cows that might need to be slaughtered. Cows that might need to be slau~htered. ,. , slaughtered. The pest that you can sa of him slaughtered. The pest that you can say of him a slaughtered. The pest that you can say of him a that slaughtered. The pest that you can say of him a that he slaughtered. The pest that you can say of him a that he has slaughtered. The pest that you can say of him a that he has not slaughtered. The pest that you can say of him a that he has not yet. Say of him a that he has not yet shown say of him a that he has not yet shown himself to be as dishonest as johnson shown himself to be as dishonest a
of that? one thing the return of david cameron does not - of that? one thing the return of david cameron does not signall of that? one thing the return ofl david cameron does not signal is change. you can t fix the problems rishi sunak is facing with personnel changes. you can only fix them with policy changes and the tory party can t do that. the only way to get real change is to get rid of the tory government, have a general election and have a new labour government in its place. flat government in its place. pat mcfadden. government in its place. pat mcfadden, the government in its place. pat mcfadden, the shadow cabinet office minister who is going to be running the labour party s general election campaign. every time i say goodbye to henry, someone leaves! we are timing it badly. henry zeffman, chief political correspondent is still with us. we saw laura trott leaving and she s been confirmed as the new chief secretary to the treasury. quite an importantjob, especial