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Zac Loses Richmond By-Election
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Massive loss for the Tory Party. Well done LibDems. Good result for the STAY campaign as well.
I'm off back to bed now !
Massive loss for the Tory Party. Well done LibDems. Good result for the STAY campaign as well.
I'm off back to bed now !
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I won't get too involved with this because it is somewhat of a non-event. However, bear this in mind; Richmond Park (it is said, though nobody knows for sure because constituency results were not published) voted to Remain. It is estimated (though nobody knows for sure because constituency results were not published) that more than 400 constituencies voted to Leave.
The good people of Richmond clearly saw a chance to stuff it to the Tories because they don't like the idea of Brexit. The price they have paid for this is electing an MP from a party who will have no say whatsoever in any aspect of Brexit, whose principles will doubtless be poles apart from many of the Richmond electorate, and whose MPs could meet in a phone box. I doubt many voters in the 400 constituencies who voted to Leave will be so foolish.
The good people of Richmond clearly saw a chance to stuff it to the Tories because they don't like the idea of Brexit. The price they have paid for this is electing an MP from a party who will have no say whatsoever in any aspect of Brexit, whose principles will doubtless be poles apart from many of the Richmond electorate, and whose MPs could meet in a phone box. I doubt many voters in the 400 constituencies who voted to Leave will be so foolish.
NJ, you may be right that this is a non-event, but hey, we've had precious little to celebrate in 2016 if we were anti-Trump and anti Brexit, so you may as well allow us this one thing...
It could be a herald of things to come -- it probably won't be, though, in part because the election timetable probably means that we'll be out of the EU before a pro-EU party can be voted in.
It could be a herald of things to come -- it probably won't be, though, in part because the election timetable probably means that we'll be out of the EU before a pro-EU party can be voted in.
"a party who will have no say whatsoever in any aspect of Brexit, whose principles will doubtless be poles apart from many of the Richmond electorate, and whose MPs could meet in a phone box."
Oh come on NJ, have you had a hard week?
Thanks to the courts, of course, MPs WILL have a say in aspects of Brexit, the Lib Dems as much as anyone else. Despite the PM's attempts to keep everything behind closed doors. As for the principles of the party not being those of the people of Richmond Park, I think that is precisely what they are, in fact and, more than Brexit even, that is the key behind the result.
Oh come on NJ, have you had a hard week?
Thanks to the courts, of course, MPs WILL have a say in aspects of Brexit, the Lib Dems as much as anyone else. Despite the PM's attempts to keep everything behind closed doors. As for the principles of the party not being those of the people of Richmond Park, I think that is precisely what they are, in fact and, more than Brexit even, that is the key behind the result.
There is another by-election coming up next Thursday, the 8th, in Sleaford and North Hykeham.
Funnily enough, this one is also caused by the resignation of the sitting Tory MP, a Mr Stephen Phillips. This will be the 3rd resignation from the Tory Party this year.
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, To lose one MP may be regarded as a misfortune;
To lose three looks like carelessness"
Funnily enough, this one is also caused by the resignation of the sitting Tory MP, a Mr Stephen Phillips. This will be the 3rd resignation from the Tory Party this year.
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, To lose one MP may be regarded as a misfortune;
To lose three looks like carelessness"
I think the Lib Dems specifically targeted Richmond, whereas I've seen little from them about the Sleaford election, so I suspect it was heavily tactical to go for a seat with a Leave-voting candidate in a Remain-voting constituency. Not sure they care enough about Sleaford to stand a chance there -- so it's likely to be a fight between Tory and UKIP. I suppose, in turn, this hammers home the "it's only a by-election, not the beginning of the end of Brexit" message.
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Here you go Jackdaw. Another thought after this weekend's votes in Italy and Austria perhaps there will be no need to conduct Brexit "negotiations". Perhaps we started a landslide and there will eventually no one to negotiate with from the pyramid scheme. We may even better served to deliberately cause delays. Haha what a delicious thought.
Here you go Jackdaw. Another thought after this weekend's votes in Italy and Austria perhaps there will be no need to conduct Brexit "negotiations". Perhaps we started a landslide and there will eventually no one to negotiate with from the pyramid scheme. We may even better served to deliberately cause delays. Haha what a delicious thought.
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