areas in the midlands and north of england. the question is, can he deliver for those new tory voters, without leaving more traditional supporters in places like this feeling overlooked? paul certainly feels that way. a local dairy farmer, he backed the lib dems for the first time, we need to get our act together and support businesses more and farming as well, from my own personal point of view, but i feel they really have let us down. of course, this was a victory in a single election in particular circumstances. but it is a sign for the conservatives that something is broken. how they respond could determine how long the damage lasts. alex forsyth, bbc news, north shropshire. as we ve been hearing, the uk s top civil servant, simon case, has stepped aside from leading the downing street party inquiry because of an event in his own office. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. how damaging is this for the government, nick? i don t think there s any doubt that th
that is here as well. taken for granted that we d always be conservative. for this councillor and long standing tory member, it was a combination recent events and the broader approach. what s coming out of number ten is beyond the control of north shropshire. what do hope the national party takes away from this? that they can t take i anything for granted. maybe they forgot i their heartlands a bit. just two years ago, borisjohnson won a landslide at the general election, charging through old labour areas in the midlands and the north of england. the question is, can he deliver for those new tory voters without leaving more traditional supporters in places like this feeling overlooked? paul certainly feels that way. a local dairy farmer, he backed the lib dems for the first time, having voted conservative all his life. they want to look at themselves hard and long and say, look, we need to get our act together and support businesses more and farming as well,
it s part of a national mood, but i think also, it s this mood that is here as well. taken for granted that we d always be conservative. for this councillor and long standing tory member, it was a combination recent events and the broader approach. what s coming out of number ten is beyond the control of north shropshire. what do hope the national party takes away from this? that they can t take i anything for granted. maybe they forgot - their heartlands a bit. just two years ago, borisjohnson won a landslide at the general election, charging through old labour areas in the midlands and the north of england. the question is, can he deliver for those new tory voters without leaving more traditional supporters in places like this feeling overlooked? paul certainly feels that way. a local dairy farmer, he backed the lib dems for the first time, having voted conservative all his life. they want to look at themselves hard and long and say, look, we need to get our act together
turned away from the party. it s part of a national mood, but i think also, it s this mood that is here as well. taken for granted that we d always be conservative. for this councillor and long standing tory member, it was a combination recent events and the broader approach. what s coming out of number 10 is beyond the control of north shropshire. what do you hope the national party takes away from this? that they can t take i anything for granted. maybe they forgot - their heartlands a bit. just two years ago, borisjohnson won a landslide at the general election, charging through old labour areas in the midlands and the north of england. the question is, can he deliver for those new tory voters without leaving more traditional supporters in places like this feeling overlooked? paul certainly feels that way. a local dairy farmer, he backed the lib dems for the first time, having voted conservative all his life.