IT WAS “not the result I was expecting,” admitted Peter Fleet, a former motor-industry executive, in his concession speech in the small hours of June 18th. He thought he was about to become the next Conservative MP for Chesham and Amersham, which until that night had been among the party’s most dependable seats.
The Lib Dems’ win, Mr Fleet noted correctly if ruefully, is “absolutely extraordinary”. The market towns of Chesham and Amersham, and surrounding villages with names like Great Missenden, Chalfont St Giles and Buckland Common, are deep Tory England.
Mr Johnson brushed off the defeat as the product of “particular circumstances”. The Liberal Democrats are fearsome local campaigners, and have a long record of snatching seats in by-elections, only to lose them again in general elections. The electors of Chesham and Amersham have been angered by HS2, a high-speed rail link that punches through the bucolic Chiltern Hills many moved there to enjoy.
Anti-Tory tactical voting helped her. Labour, which won 7,166 votes in 2019, saw its vote collapse to just 622. Its 1.6% share was its lowest in a by-election since the second world war. Expect calls for a “progressive alliance” of centre-left parties, recently floated by Tony Blair, the last Labour leader to win a general election, to grow—especially if Labour loses Batley and Spen, another northern seat, in a by-election on July 1st.
Who knew that a relatively well educated electorate would see through the constant nationalistic, bigoted and racist narrative from this shambolic administration. That's before considering PPE mess, HS2, ExcludedUK, Brexit and LoanChargeDebacle. Roll on next marginal
Liberal Democrats didn't achieve anything , it's nothing to do with their planning this is to do with a voters decisions to punish the government. The voter uses political parties to their ends not politicalparties using voters.
The Tory bubble had to burst: you can fool some of the people, some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time as the old mantra goes. As the 'Red Wall' were fooled, perhaps the 'Blue Wall' will compensate going forward. They certainly need to send a strong msg to
liberals all the way
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