so even when you have a day off, they mention your name. there s a saying from our friends at show time, if you got your name in your show, you re popping. you re popping, sir. appreciate you coming back. appreciate it. let me play stacey abrams speaking out. this was to quest love. the issue is not that black men don t vote, it s their power in their vote. is they re fighting out of their weight class. if black men vote their full power, it changes things. roland? she s right, but it s not just black men. black women, they are the number one voting constituency for the democratic party. black men are number two. so this idea that there s this huge difference, it s not bum the real issue is not just black men, it s african americans across the board. you look at louisiana, the turnout in louisiana, which is a third black is about 35%, 36%. i have been arguing on my show constantly saying to
how big is the voting constituency and how upset are they? i think it s enormous and i think the democrats they are missing the groundswell that is happening. bear upset about school closure and mass mandates. dear worried about intelligence programs being eliminated and they re being told that they ar not in charge of their kids education. they said we are the primary stakeholders in their education if you don t acknowledge this w are going to vote you out of
this surge of people at the border who aren t vaccinated and who were coming in from god knows where in the world. we know it is not just central americans. will: many have posited, including many of us on the couch the reason for the administration s approach to illegal immigration way it is because it is potential voting constituency. look who is carved out of the vaccine mandate, voting constituencies. united states postal service is carved out of the federal government mandate. various teachers unions had caveats and carveouts. entire executive government branch, certain departments and constituencies don t have to follow their mandate. illegal immigrants are another group. they are not concerned about a vaccine mandate. rachel: having fall out because vaccine mandates are sparking resignations in different places. one is in hospital. new york up state hospital says they re actually going to pause baby deliveries because some of
professor of politics at strathclyde university. thank you forjoining us. how do you read this result? we are hearing a lot of claims obviously from the lib dems. what about you? what does it say to you? the dems. what about you? what does it sa to ou? ., , , dems. what about you? what does it say to you? say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election that say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election that the - say to you? the honest truth is this was a by-election that the liberal. was a by election that the liberal democrats always had a good chance of winning, and certainly a by election that the liberal democrats needed to win badly. this is a very middle class, degree heavy, remain voting constituency just outside of london. this is precisely the kind of constituency in which the conservatives performed relatively badly in 2019 and in many of which the liberal democrats performed relatively well, most no
for the whole country. cheering. this victory could be down to many things. a well organised campaign on local issues and lingering anti brexit sentiment in a remain voting area. but many conservatives believe in a general election the result would still go their way. vicki young, bbc news, amersham. i m joined now by lord hayward, a conservative peer and a former mp. thanks very much for being with us. is this surprising and not so much that the lib dems won but the scale of that? , , that the lib dems won but the scale of that? , , ,., ~ of that? yes. it s both i think the toic of that? yes. it s both i think the to - ic that of that? yes. it s both i think the topic that was of that? yes. it s both i think the topic that was very of that? yes. it s both i think the topic that was very good - of that? yes. it s both i think the topic that was very good analysis j topic that was very good analysis that was given by vicki young. but it is both the victory and the scale of it. yo