government. these are testing times for our country. our in a dangerous date right now. people are being hit by a tory cost of living crisis which these energy bills for, petrol and food prices skyrocket and the food budget stretched to breaking point. in this election, we offered a vision that was positive, full of hope and aspiration, guided by the principle that politics should be based on creating a better country for us all. country for us all. and now auoin country for us all. and now going straight country for us all. and now going straight over - country for us all. and now going straight over to - country for us all. and now. going straight over to tiverton and honiton because we are about to get the result from the returning officer. i. the returning officer. i, richard the returning officer. i, richard youngman, being the returning officer do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate at the set election is as follows: donahue morg
by election since 2012 and in that sense that we ought not forget about it because it would be bad psychologically for the labour party. we would be bad psychologically for the labour party.- for the labour party. we are waitin: for the labour party. we are waiting for for the labour party. we are waiting for wakefield - for the labour party. we are waiting for wakefield to - waiting for wakefield to declare and it shall come any moment and we are keeping that on bbc news and world news. mo hussein, i d like to bring you in here because inevitably, the pressure will mount for boris johnson, who was not even in the country at the moment. how much will this damage his sense of control of what is going on around him? of control of what is going on around him? the timing of this is not great- around him? the timing of this is not great. he around him? the timing of this is not great. he is around him? the timing of this is not great. he is on - around him? the timing of t
Tonight, the for wakefield. tonight, the people of wakefield have spoken on behalf of the british people. they have said unreservedly borisjohnson, unreservedly boris johnson, your contempt for this unreservedly borisjohnson, your contempt for this country is no longer. your contempt for this country is no longer. . . your contempt for this country is no longer. welcome to our viewers on is no longer. welcome to our viewers on pbs is no longer. welcome to our viewers on pbs and, is no longer. welcome to our viewers on pbs and, indeed, i viewers on pbs and, indeed, around the world on bbc world news as we bring you special coverage of two key by elections, the first one of which in wakefield hasjust been declared, one by labour, and this is the winning candidate, simon lightwood. it is not acceptable that people leave emergency every month and not treated because of record waiting times and it is not acceptable that convictions for crimes like robbery have fallen by almost half i
Tiverton and honiton have spoken for britain. they have sent a loud and clear message it is time for boris johnson to go. and go now. applause the other by election result. labour won the wakefield by election in west yorkshire, having lost the seat to the conservatives at the 2019 general election. tonight, the people of wakefield have spoken on behalf of the british people. they have said unreservedly borisjohnson, your contempt people. they have said unreservedly boris johnson, your contempt for this country is no borisjohnson, your contempt for this country is no longer boris johnson, your contempt for this country is no longer tolerated. and this morning 0liver dowden has resigned as conservative party chairman saying someone has to take responsibility for the results. let s get some more expert analysis from expert analysis from newsnight s policy editor, lewis goodall.