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I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 3906.04 points)June 15, 2021 03:00pm
Internal party polling shows the Lib Dems are fast closing on the Conservatives in the Chesham and Amershan by-election race, with one party analyst “confident” they can claim an upset victory.

Liberal Democrat polling figures, seen by City A.M., put the party on 41 per cent and the Conservatives on 45 per cent just days before the 17 June by-election in the usually safe Tory seat.
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I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 3906.04 points)June 17, 2021 07:37pm
We may have some interesting news tonight out of the Shires.
 
Un:9757BrentinCO ( 6338.62 points)June 17, 2021 07:54pm
Wow.

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I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 3906.04 points)June 17, 2021 07:57pm
Wow, indeed. Get ready for British political analysts to discuss a realignment in politics when looking at Hartlepool as well as Chesham & Amersham.
 
I:9951E Pluribus Unum ( -193.53 points)June 17, 2021 08:01pm
kEiR sTaRmEr WiLl SaVe LaBoUr!!!
 
I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 3906.04 points)June 17, 2021 08:06pm
To be fair, I'm sure a sizable number of Labour voters voted tactically for the Lib Dems. However, the Labour Party did put some effort into this race so these results carry more weight than if they ran a paper candidate.

Labour's test is July 1st in Batley & Spen.
 
Un:9757BrentinCO ( 6338.62 points)June 17, 2021 08:14pm
If the Conservatives under perform in Batley on July 1 after all the build up after Hartlepool - it will see like two Conservative losses.
 
I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 3906.04 points)June 17, 2021 09:33pm
Someone who will be watching these results closely is Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. His seat is another London commuter belt seat that he only won by four points in 2019 (new boundary lines would switch that to a 0.9% Lib Dem notional advantage).
 
I:9775Natalie ( 108.71 points)June 17, 2021 10:00pm
Holy ****
 
R:7206Hikikomori Blitzkrieg! ( 520.10 points)June 18, 2021 05:24pm
The ruling party almost invariably loses these by-elections in Britain (which is one reason the result in Hartlepool was so surprising).

The interesting detail here, is the utter collapse of the Labour vote.
 
I:6738IndyGeorgia ( 3906.04 points)June 20, 2021 10:29pm
One perspective from a Lib Dem candidate about voters in the Shires and their impressions of Labour leaders:
 
I:9951E Pluribus Unum ( -193.53 points)June 21, 2021 01:08pm
That argument makes no sense
 
VMan:10380Politicoomer ( -94.06 points)June 22, 2021 05:30am
TIL Carpetbagging in the UK is common
 
D:1RP ( 5506.72 points)June 22, 2021 11:26am