Why this week could be the most challenging of Rishi Sunak’s premiership so far
The stakes are high
The stakes are high
Benton was suspended as a Tory MP earlier this year after he was filmed offering to lobby ministers for a fake company in a newspaper sting.
It ‘would seem unwise for Tory MPs to draw any conclusion other than that their party is still in deep electoral trouble’
Last week’s RWW newsletter will be the last one for the moment, but at least the Tories are getting a kicking.
Labour gained Wakefield from the Tories with a 12% swing, with the Lib Dems gaining Tiverton and Honiton with an almost 30% swing,
Although the Tories held the seat, they did so with a significantly reduce majority from nearly 19,000 to 4,478.
As the Stoke result shows, Paul Nuttall is leading a party without a future
In normal circumstances, these votes would barely be newsworthy
What do the Middleton and Heywood and Clacton by-elections tell us about the Labour vote?
A graphical illustration of the poor turnouts in the Police and Crime Commissioner, Mayoral and Parliamentary by-elections.