trend. a local labour stalwart, hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party, and a winnerfor heartland for his party, and a winner for chris heartland for his party, and a winnerfor chris mcewan heartland for his party, and a winner for chris mcewan would ease keir starmer s pass nationally. and the lib dems outsider, placing the outsider of child poverty at the heart of his campaign. 0ver outsider of child poverty at the heart of his campaign. over the past decade or so, tees valley felt neglected by the party that thought it was the area s champion. so voters delivered a series of bloody noses to labour, try electing a conservative mayor and then injecting labour from the conservative mayor and then injecting labourfrom the prized parliamentary seat of hartlepool in a by election, the lowest of low points. injecting labour. that is why this may or context reverberates further beyond here, the tory win, and rishi sunak will grab a lifeline. a labour win and keir starm
a local labour stalwart hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party a win for chris mcewan would ease keir starmer s path nationally. and the lib dem outsider placing the fight of child poverty at the heart of his campaign. over the past decade or so, tees valley felt neglected by the party that thought it was the area s champion. and so voters delivered a series of bloody noses to labour, twice electing a conservative mayor and then injecting labour from the prized parliamentary seat of hartlepool in a by election, the lowest of low points. and so that s why this mayoral contest reverberates way beyond here. a tory win and rishi sunak will grab a lifeline. a labour win and keir starmer, well, he will believe he really is on a roll. i think this is the headline grabber.
and so voters delivered a series of bloody noses to labour. twice electing a conservative mayor and then ejecting labour from the prized parliamentary seat of hartlepool in a byelection the lowest of low points. and so that s why this mayoral contest reverberates way beyond here. a tory win and rishi sunak will grab a lifeline. a labourwin, and keir starmer, well, he will believe he really is on a roll. i think this is the headline grabber. if rishi sunak holds on to this, then that s what he will be trumpeting. he will show that he does have that indefinable quality to reach out to these former areas that borisjohnson won. so that s big for him. but to overturn a 73% share of the vote last time round for labour would again be a massive triumph and show that they really are coming home to their former heartlands. and just talking to various people
to wait in line longer during the course of today in arizona, mark fincham, thank you forjoining us from arizona. fincham, thank you for oining us from arizonah fincham, thank you for oining us from arizona. from arizona. you are seeing ictures from arizona. you are seeing pictures from from arizona. you are seeing pictures from mar-a-lago i from arizona. you are seeing - pictures from mar-a-lago where pictures from mar a lago where donald pictures from mar a lago where donald trump is holding an event tonight donald trump is holding an event tonight to donald trump is holding an event tonight to watch the results come in. amanda, can i get you to react to what in. amanda, can i get you to react to what mark fincham was saying? we have seen to what mark fincham was saying? we have seen evidence of this around the country have seen evidence of this around the country today, donald trump asking the country today, donald trump asking questions about illinois where asking