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curtice, thank you _ seats tally. john curtice, thank you very _ seats tally. john curtice, thank you john curtice, - thank you very much. you can go and have some breakfast now. everybody who wants more on this story, you can follow all the latest developments on it by heading to our live coverage online, that is it on the website or the app. let's get some of the day's other news now. israel says it has found and arrested dozens of hamas gunmen inside a hospital it raided in southern gaza. medical sources said the israeli army fired into a ward in nasser hospital in khan younis, killing a patient and injuring others during what they called a catastrophic operation. an israeli army spokesman said the incursion into the hospital — which he alleged was used to hide hostages , had been precise and limited. the greek parliament has approved a bill to legalise same—sex marriage. it makes greece the first 0rthodox—majority country, and the first in south—east europe, to enshrine marriage equality, and to allow same—sex couples to adopt children. the prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, sai
curtice, thank you _ seats tally. john curtice, thank you very _ seats tally. john curtice, thank you john curtice, - thank you very much. you can go and have some breakfast now. everybody who wants more on this story, you can follow all the latest developments on it by heading to our live coverage online, that is it on the website or the app. let's get some of the day's other news now. israel says it has found and arrested dozens of hamas gunmen inside a hospital it raided in southern gaza....
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let's get the final thoughts this half hour from our gruezojohn curtice. from our gruezo john curticenning of the night. _ results. at the beginning of the night, we _ results. at the beginning of the night, we were - results. at the beginning of| the night, we were doubtful results. at the beginning of. the night, we were doubtful of the night, we were doubtful of the conservative chances of being able to recover and be able to win the next general election. those doubts are not in any sense any lighter, or have not in any way receded as a result of tonight. if anything, those doubts have grown. we have seen the conservative party suffer their worst ever by—election reverse in wellingborough. maybe in part the result of local circumstances, but even so, that has compounded what is clearly a wider adverse reaction from voters to the party's record in government. the result in kingswood wasn't quite so bad for the conservatives, but even so, they lost a constituency which they lost a constituency which they last lost when sir tony blair was prime minister. the second headline is that r
let's get the final thoughts this half hour from our gruezojohn curtice. from our gruezo john curticenning of the night. _ results. at the beginning of the night, we _ results. at the beginning of the night, we were - results. at the beginning of| the night, we were doubtful results. at the beginning of. the night, we were doubtful of the night, we were doubtful of the conservative chances of being able to recover and be able to win the next general election. those doubts are not in any sense...
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so john - will save britain. richard tice| of reform uk. so john curtice of reform uk. 13% would be regarded as at least a minimal reasonable expectation, but we will have to see, hopefully not too much longer, stay or how we have to wait. one other thing i should say is one thing we know is true of wellingborough is turn out is down by around 26 points, it was down by 3a points, it was down by 3a points down in kingswood, and the truth is that in by—elections in this parliament, we are looking at now a record average drop is as compared with the last by—election. it is a higher than the drop in the 1997 to 2001 parliament, and that the equivalent figure in 1997 to 2001 was followed by a record low turnout in the general election. i think it is a message to all the parties here, they have got a lot of work to do is yet to enthuse the voters irrespective of their own sympathies. bir the voters irrespective of their own sympathies. sirjohn, for the moment, _ their own sympathies. sirjohn, for the moment, thank - their own sympathies. sirjohn, for the moment, thank you - t
so john - will save britain. richard tice| of reform uk. so john curtice of reform uk. 13% would be regarded as at least a minimal reasonable expectation, but we will have to see, hopefully not too much longer, stay or how we have to wait. one other thing i should say is one thing we know is true of wellingborough is turn out is down by around 26 points, it was down by 3a points, it was down by 3a points down in kingswood, and the truth is that in by—elections in this parliament, we are...
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curtice says that the swing from the tories to labour in wellingborough was the second largest in any . vote. >> yeah, well, if i'd been in wellingborough, i'd probably stayed at home, just like most of the electorate did. i mean , of the electorate did. i mean, peter bowen was an idiot . uh, peter bowen was an idiot. uh, his girlfriend was . an idiot. his girlfriend was. an idiot. and wanting to stand was a really stupid thing to do . the really stupid thing to do. the selection committee that chose her were idiots. uh, and her were all idiots. uh, and conservative headquarter were absolutely crazy to let that happen. they should have seen that disaster happen in, uh, in the headlights and should have done something about it and made sure that at least we had a candidate that we could kind of warm to. i mean, there was no campaigning there of any kind. it's absolutely crackers to let that happen. you can't let a seat like that by default. seat like that go by default. um, so i think, um, i think we've been well truly we've been well and truly punished in wellingborough and, uh, yeah,
curtice says that the swing from the tories to labour in wellingborough was the second largest in any . vote. >> yeah, well, if i'd been in wellingborough, i'd probably stayed at home, just like most of the electorate did. i mean , of the electorate did. i mean, peter bowen was an idiot . uh, peter bowen was an idiot. uh, his girlfriend was . an idiot. his girlfriend was. an idiot. and wanting to stand was a really stupid thing to do . the really stupid thing to do. the selection...
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curtice says that the swing from the tories to labour in wellingborough was the second largest in any vote. >> yeah, well, if i'd been in wellingborough, i'd probably stayed at home, just like most of the electorate did. i mean , of the electorate did. i mean, peter bowen was an idiot . uh, peter bowen was an idiot. uh, his girlfriend was . an idiot. his girlfriend was. an idiot. and wanting to stand was a really stupid thing to do . the really stupid thing to do. the selection committee that chose her were idiots. uh, and her were all idiots. uh, and conservative headquarter were absolutely crazy to let that happen. they should have seen that disaster happen in, uh, in the headlights and should have done something about it and made sure that at least we had a candidate that we could kind of warm to. i mean, there was no campaigning there of any kind. it's absolutely crackers to let that happen. you can't let a seat like that by default. seat like that go by default. um, so i think, um, i think we've been well truly we've been well and truly punished in wellingborough and, uh, yeah, i
curtice says that the swing from the tories to labour in wellingborough was the second largest in any vote. >> yeah, well, if i'd been in wellingborough, i'd probably stayed at home, just like most of the electorate did. i mean , of the electorate did. i mean, peter bowen was an idiot . uh, peter bowen was an idiot. uh, his girlfriend was . an idiot. his girlfriend was. an idiot. and wanting to stand was a really stupid thing to do . the really stupid thing to do. the selection committee...
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strathclyde, sir john curtice. good as always , john. good to see you as always, john.'s all it's not about the reality . it's about the optics, reality. it's about the optics, isn't it ? isn't it? >> well, i think the first thing i want to say is that mr sunak is clearly a lucky man. he is clearly very rich. his wife by reputation is also very rich. and i suppose one could say that given frankly, he he's not reliant on his income as prime minister or indeed he need not necessarily be reliant on the income from any job he might do. um, in a sense, he can certainly argue that he's engaging in pubuc argue that he's engaging in public service . but that said, public service. but that said, of course, what his wealth has long been used for occasions by his opponents, although , of his opponents, although, of course, it's a very narrow line to tread between seemingly engaging in unnecessary personal attack and, uh, a casting doubt on his judgement is still whether or not occasionally it does mean that he seems somewhat out of touch. and i suppose it was exemplified qualifica
strathclyde, sir john curtice. good as always , john. good to see you as always, john.'s all it's not about the reality . it's about the optics, reality. it's about the optics, isn't it ? isn't it? >> well, i think the first thing i want to say is that mr sunak is clearly a lucky man. he is clearly very rich. his wife by reputation is also very rich. and i suppose one could say that given frankly, he he's not reliant on his income as prime minister or indeed he need not necessarily be...
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strathclyde, sir john curtice. sir john, always good to see you. look, do every you. for the out what this all means for the national can we do that national picture. can we do that in this case or not? >> well, it shouldn't be done in isolation and it needs to be done with care in particular, what we should be doing is comparing by elections with by elections . then looking at what elections. then looking at what has followed in the wake of different kinds of by—election results , be aware that history results, be aware that history isn't guaranteed to repeat itself and then you know , draw itself and then you know, draw a measured conclusion. so the government, uh, way back now at 10:00 on thursday, uh, the conservative party at least issued a statement saying, well, you know, governments always lose and we lose by elections. and we shouldn't well shouldn't be surprised. well it's true that often voters will use by elections as a means of protesting against the government, particularly if they're unhappy with it. but that doesn't mean to say that the government nece
strathclyde, sir john curtice. sir john, always good to see you. look, do every you. for the out what this all means for the national can we do that national picture. can we do that in this case or not? >> well, it shouldn't be done in isolation and it needs to be done with care in particular, what we should be doing is comparing by elections with by elections . then looking at what elections. then looking at what has followed in the wake of different kinds of by—election results , be...
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always love to speak to you on these mornings, john, after a night like that. headlines, _ and what they signify. there are three big headlines, naga. - and what they signify. there are three big headlines, naga. the| and what they signify. there are - three big headlines, naga. the first is that they confirm that the conservatives are still in deep, deep electoral trouble. the 21 point drop in their support in kingswood is in line with that 19, 20 point drop they have an opinion piles. the drop they have an opinion piles. the drop in wellingborough is actually the biggest loss that conservatives have had in a post—war by—election. it could be the circumstances regarding peter bone a's downfall and his replacement by his partner might have added to the woes there but this morning we are still looking at a government that at the moment is staring defeat in the face at the next general election. headline number two is that the conservatives troubles are no longer simply combined to losing votes to labour. reform uk who have had support increasing in the polls, th
always love to speak to you on these mornings, john, after a night like that. headlines, _ and what they signify. there are three big headlines, naga. - and what they signify. there are three big headlines, naga. the| and what they signify. there are - three big headlines, naga. the first is that they confirm that the conservatives are still in deep, deep electoral trouble. the 21 point drop in their support in kingswood is in line with that 19, 20 point drop they have an opinion piles. the...