so than anything else. the economic story has barely begun and we will be looking at a summer potentially of unrest in terms of trade unions. in autumn, the energy price rises. which is why a lot of conservatives are weighing up their future and wondering whether if a seat like tiverton and honiton can go and chesham and amersham and north shropshire can go, and indeed wakefield to the labour party, what will happen to my seat? and in politics, that is often the primary force when making these calculations. abs, force when making these calculations. force when making these calculations. ., ., ., , ., calculations. a treat to have yuan. thank you- this is not a normal post by election morning because of the resignation of oliver dowden. we will be getting reaction this morning. speaking to all the parties
election results that cannot easily be explained away. you have had two losses in one night. 1991, when a governing party last two by elections in a single night. the conservatives have lost three by elections on the trot to the liberal democrats in strongholds, chesham and amersham, north shropshire, and now tiverton and honiton in devon. these are not easily explained away. last night we had the third biggest swing from the conservatives to the lib dems in history. and that comes off the back of a bigger swing we saw in december. what you also have to think about is that the partygate stuff, that is priced in. that damage has been exacting on the prime minister but the economy, and i suspect part of the results is as much about the economy, perhaps more
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