Posted on 07/21/2023 6:08:39 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Polling and political sentiment in Westminster predicted the ruling Conservatives would lose all three Parliamentary by-elections (special elections) being held in England, but anger in London over Labour mayor Khan’s push for radical anti-car measures upset the apple cart.
Scandals and resignations have seen several vacated seats in Britain’s House of Commons in recent months, three of which were resolved with by-elections on Thursday, with one each going to the Conservatives, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats. All three had been Conservative seats, and the party was predicted to face massive swings to the opposition and lose them all, but pundits were confounded by a narrow hold of Boris Johnson’s old seat in London, Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
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Two out of three ain’t bad.................
‘Conservative’ is meaningless in the UK since Thatcher. Now there’s literally NOTHING defining the Tories in the UK, as far as I can tell. For example, on the top issues, NATO’s war against Russia, Population Replacement, Energy Policy, and the British economy, no difference - and the one politician there talking about changing things, Farage, has all but been kicked out of his own country, as the banks there will no longer do business with him.
It sucks but they should have lost the other one
It’s a big shock they didn’t
They can thank Khan Mayor of London who wants to charge them $15 a day to drive round
You can guess that’s not very popular...
The Conservatives in England are center left at best.
That’s why I used quotation marks.
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