locally, they are already moving on and looking ahead to that by election, the date for that has not been set yet, but we are hearing probablyjune orjuly for that. neil had what was considered a safe tory seat, 24,000 votes majority, but remember that a similar majority was overtaken by the lib dems in north shropshire at a recent by election. they also took a seat from the tories in chesham and amersham, and the tories are going to have a difficult time fighting this by election, and an even harder one up by election, and an even harder one up in wakefield, which is a former redwall seat that they are trying to defend as well. so it is quite a difficult time for them. the lib dems locally are absolutely up to the challenge and speaking to them last night and this morning they are saying they are doing some sampling, trying to get an idea of exactly what the mood is before they plan their campaign. they have obviously got a lot of heritage in the west
to protect him, backtracked. ..and the lib dems then won the safe tory seat. boris johnson s authority has been severely dented, and all this a huge distraction from the policies he promised to deliver. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. as the pressure mounts on borisjohnson at westminster, some mps are reporting deep resentment among voters in their own constituencies. our political correspondent alex forsyth has travelled to the conservative seat of wolverhampton south west to find out what people are saying there. mr speaker, i want to apologise. prime minister s questions isn t usually a blockbuster event at this boutique cafe on the outskirts of wolverhampton, but today some staff did stop to watch. silly boris. all conservative supporters, they were keen to hear what the prime minister had to say. but for millie, it didn t cut it. rm angry. i think he s broke the rules.
won the safe tory seat. borisjohnson s authority has been severely dented and all this is a huge distraction from the policies he promised to deliver. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. 0ur politicial correspondent damian grammaticas is at westminster. i should imagine it s been quite a lively place to be today. has the prime minister s apology eased any of the pressure on him, do you think was yellow well, it seems a little bit, it s fair to was yellow well, it seems a little bit. it s fai was yellow well, it seems a little bit, it s fai ., , , bit, it s fair to say, because we ve seen this evening bit, it s fair to say, because we ve seen this evening senior- bit, it s fair to say, because we ve seen this evening senior tour- seen this evening senior tour is coming out, quite a few members of the cabinet, and other mps saying they think he s bought himself some time, as you heard it there, saying that they thought this was a heartfelt apology, saying everyone should wait for th
for months, there were questions about how mrjohnson paid for a lavish refurbishment of his downing street flat. his standards adviser said he d acted unwisely. and then when former minister owen paterson was involved in a row over sleaze, he tried to change the rules to protect him, backtracked. ..and the lib dems then won the safe tory seat. borisjohnson s authority has been severely dented, and all this a huge distraction from the policies he promised to deliver. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. borisjohnson has boris johnson has been borisjohnson has been getting a lot of bad headlines over recent days, including from newspapers and magazines that are usually sympathetic to the conservative party. just take them to the front page of the spectator magazine. is it over, is the headline? the cartoon is borisjohnson. cindy yu is from the spectator. is it overfor him? is it over for him? i think not cuite is it over for him? i think not quite yet. is it over for him? i think not qu