Of former culture secretary nadine dorries. Here our political helen kat. These by elections were billed as nail biters. Close, tense. In the end, they delivered two significant victories to labour. First in tamworth the 57th Safest Conservative seat in the country before last night. Edwards, sarah siena, labour party 11,719 votes. Cheering. The new mp was elated. They are seeing the conservatives do not have anything to offer. The defeated conservative candidate chose not to stick around. In a statement the tories described it as a difficult result on a much reduced turnout. But it was about to get even more difficult for them. Over in Mid Bedfordshire, when the ballot boxes started arriving, it had still been too close to call, in a rare three way fight between the conservatives, labour and the lib dems. The liberal democrats doubled their share of the vote, but once again it was labour who emerged victorious. I therefore duly declare Alistair Luke Strathern Elected as Member Of Parl
i did read the piece. the principal distinction was trying to reference was the national tea party groups have not had much success this year and the local tea party groups, which have had an enormous impact. if you look at the so-called establishment wins, say, for example, kentucky and texas and south carolina, where, quote, establishment candidates won renomination or the victories in arkansas, montana, south dakota, west virginia, north carolina, and oklahoma, where the establishment candidates won without serious opposition, the fact is that these victories were achieved by the so-called establishment candidates having strong support among some elements of the local tea party groups. we have seen this odd result where the national tea party groups have been weakened because they ve made heavy bets and have come up losers in each and every one of them. when you say the national tea party, who are you talking? like senate conservative fund or the tea party patriots or freedo
i did read the piece. the principal distinction was trying to reference was the national tea party groups have not had much success this year and the local tea party groups, which have had an enormous impact. if you look at the so-called establishment wins, say, for example, kentucky and texas and south carolina, where, quote, establishment candidates won renomination or the victories in arkansas, montana, south dakota, west virginia, north carolina, and oklahoma, where the establishment candidates won without serious opposition, the fact is that these victories were achieved by the so-called establishment candidates having strong support among some elements of the local tea party groups. we have seen this odd result where the national tea party groups have been weakened because they ve made heavy bets and have come up losers in each and every one of them. when you say the national tea party, who are you talking? like senate conservative fund or the tea party patriots or
was trying to meet was between the national tea party groups which have had not had much success and the local tea party groups which have had an enormous impact. if you take a look at the so-called establishment wins, say, for example, kentucky and texas and south carolina where establishment candidates won renomination or the victories in arkansas and montana and south dakota and west virginia and north carolina and oklahoma where the establishment candidates won without serious opposition, the fact is the victories were achieved by the so-called establishment candidate having strong support among some elements of the local tea party groups. we have seen this odd result where the national tea party groups are weakened because they made heavy bets and come up loser. who are you talking about? senate conservatives or the tea party patriots or freedom works or club for growth which