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Chester by-election: Labour hold seat in Rishi Sunak's first electoral test
Samantha Dixon was elected with a 10,974 majority, and a 61% vote share - Labour's best ever result in the seat.
Ms Dixon said voters "are fed up with the government".
In her victory speech, she said voters had said "Rishi Sunak's Conservatives no longer have a mandate to govern".
"I don't think they believe that the Conservatives have the answers, I think they think it's Labour's turn now," she added.
A crushing comment on the democratic wit of our electorate, but Ms Dixon is probably right, they think it's Labour's turn now. Or enough do to swing it in Sir Keir Buggins' favour.
5 comments:
The current Conservatives are bloody rubbish, but I can't understand why people think things would be better under Labour. Surely it's time for people to start voting for someone new, or simply opting out.
If a party came to power after only a tiny percentage of the electorate voted for them, with most people opting out, surely then they really would have no mandate to govern
Who was Mr, Ms, Zee? Buggins? Sounds like a character from Victorian literature.
Looking at her, I understand Eddie Izzard's trajectory.
Bucko - I agree, I can't understand why people think things would be better under Labour either. It's odd.
Doonhamer - it comes from the Royal Navy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggins'_turn
Sam - I'd like some influence on Eddie Izzard's trajectory.
AK Haart. Ah, the old "It's your turn in the barrel tomorrow." thing.
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