sur ed davey referenced that. he thanked | davey referenced that. back and a fighting force. to what extent do you think tactical voting could be an issue in translating yesterday's when, the other night when, into a general election?— general election? there are undoubtedly _ general election? there are undoubtedly areas - general election? there are undoubtedly areas where i general election? there are. undoubtedly areas where the general election? there are - undoubtedly areas where the liberal democrats are better placed to remove conservative mps across large parts of england, mainly, come the next general election. it is in those places, lots of them here in the south—west and south—east of england as well, a smattering, up in the north of england where they will look to run a two horse race between them and the conservatives. labour, although they will never talk about although they will never talk about a formal agreement, they will have an understanding in certain areas between them and the lib dems as to who is really going to go at the ca

weight ed davey, the leader_ -- ed | are celebrating this morning —— ed davey. coming in this morningourve ient ione wells. corre have they one wells. corre have they been iells. corre have they been saying today? there is corre have they been saying today? ther about their big losses in selby mps about their big losses in selby but also in somerton as well, both south—west feeling tory mps in the south—west feeling nervous about some of those seats and the threat that but also that huge democrats oppose. but also that huge swing to labour in selby has got a mps nervous. they have lot of tory mps nervous. they have also been talking about how they feel like an already sort of bleak national picture for them in the polls wasn't helped by what some feel to be not a strong feel to be not a very strong campaign. i heard this a look through the campaign as well, for campaign. i heard this a look through the campaigi concerns for campaign. i heard this a look through the campaigi concerns that example, there were concerns that the conservative brand wasn't even being used on campaign literatur

so ed davey went down six times. be able to increase their share in westminster at the next general election in a meaningful way, up to the 30 mp5 that they hope to have in parliament after the next election, is another question. but as far as they are concerned here, that is one for another day as they celebrate their victory. fits for another day as they celebrate their victory-— for another day as they celebrate their victory. as you said, we will be hearing _ their victory. as you said, we will be hearing from _ their victory. as you said, we will be hearing from sir— their victory. as you said, we will be hearing from sir ed _ their victory. as you said, we will be hearing from sir ed davey - be hearing from sir ed davey shortly, with no doubt some interesting stunt. he does like those and we will be back there when that happens. let�*s get more general election now. our political correspondent lone wells is here. tell us about your assessment of the results, certainly not the drubbing that many conservatives fea

is the first leader_ sustained and ed davey is the first leader to — sustained and ed davey is the firstories since paddy ashdown. i think— victories since paddy ashdown. i think the — victories since paddy ashdown. i think the team should be congratulated for that are victory. and the _ congratulated for that are victory. and the evidence that people voted tactically, clearly labour lots its deposit in somerton and frome. does that say something about whether people are willing to enter into tactical voting arrangements. irate tactical voting arrangements. we don't enter into pacts, but voters know _ don't enter into pacts, but voters know what — don't enter into pacts, but voters know what they need to do to affect a change _ know what they need to do to affect a change and they know who can beat the incumbent, in is in case, conservative mp. we would prefer to have a _ conservative mp. we would prefer to have a sensible voting system where every _ have a sensible voting system where every vote _ have a sensible voting system where every vote counted and you could vote for— every vote

, says democrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened. >> previously i've beenking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all those true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. now we have a second the west country second front in the west country , traditional heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means force to be means that we are force to be reckoned with in the next general election. >> in other news this evening, the former us the trial for former us president trump's president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us president election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination in the . race. one of nomination in the. race. one of the victims of june's no

although someone in has emailed in saying that ed davey a nonentity. well, davey is a nonentity. that many seats, do they? come general election. but come the general election. but they often when it they do clean up often when it comes elections and comes to by elections and council elections. that's where they well and yes, ed davey they do. well and yes, ed davey looking chipper indeed. looking very chipper indeed. >> let's hope we'll be cleaning up there. now strewn up the floor there. now strewn with me . with confetti. goodness me. well, no, i think that was important to watch. i think it is nice to look at that, to look at stunts pranks, at their stunts and pranks, perhaps you at home voted liberal democrat. >> time around, wanted >> this time around, wanted to give the bit of give the tories a bit of a kicking. weren't taken by labouh kicking. weren't taken by labour. i just i just wish that the conservatives in uxbridge would a sort of big would would do a sort of big metaphorical ulez. >> know what would be >> i don't know what would be the ulez metaphor that they could

the leader of the liberal democrats are ed davey i the team here.has commended the victory and for insane people defy people defy the conservatives as out of touch. he has talked jonathan blake. we campaigned really hard. we had a fantastic candidate in sarah. we found that people on the doorstep were saying that they felt the conservatives were out of touch, both nationally and locally. they felt they'd been let down by their previous conservative mp and the conservative government wasn't speaking up for them. and whether it was the inability to get gp appointments, nhs dentists for the kids, the cost of living, people felt it was time for a change and they liked what the liberal democrats were saying. i am gratefulfor the labour voters and green voters who got behind sarah as the person who was able to defeat the conservatives. it sends a very powerful message and we are back in the west country, the liberal democrats are back across the west country wil. across the west country. you are undoubtedly very confident, you claimed victory before midni

there's going to be a big victory speech from ed davey.tory march and then both sir ed davey and the new mp , sarah, will be talking new mp, sarah, will be talking to us here on gb news. well, sarah davies had a very good campaign. she started off very falteringly . she gave what's falteringly. she gave what's been described as a car crash interview right at the beginning of her campaign when she really didn't seem to know to how answer questions. she didn't really seem to have the facts at her but since then, her fingertips. but since then, the lib dem party machine the whole lib dem party machine has swung into action and they've really pulled out the stops to turn around this spectacular victory for them as the results came through. this is what she said earlier on this evening . evening. >> i promise to be an mp standing up for you in westminster tonight has been a stunning and historic victory for the liberal democrats , and for the liberal democrats, and it shows once and for all the liberal democrats are back in the west country . o

and the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says to support for his party has strengthenedhe blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all true blue heartlands, all those true blue heartlands, if you like, the home counties where liberal where it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. we have conservatives. now we have a second front in west country second front in the west country , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means force to be means that we are force to be reckoned with the next reckoned with in the next general election . general election. >> well, another news tonight, the trial for the former us president, donald trump's classified documents case that will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination. in that race, as around 30

democrats coming into the various assessments of what might happen in a general election with sir ed davey saying that basically they are back in terms of the west country, what would that mean for a general election vote? well, an indication perhaps that there have been a lot of tactical voting in terms of going to the liberal democrats would that still happenin democrats would that still happen in a general election? lots questions still to be lots of questions still to be answered as to how this will be interpreted well maybe interpreted come. well maybe a year or 18 months time for the big vote. >> yeah, a year is not a long time at all. but people are saying, analysts are saying that, you know, for rishi sunak it wasn't quite as bad as it could have been. i mean, they lost two, they won one. and there were predictions that it was going to be a bit of a wipe—out for the tories in these three by elections. so it is a little bit of a life raft for the tory party at the moment. but both labour and the lib dems , they are very clear today. they are saying that the tories are on track to lo

yeah and it's not a criticism of ed davey or the lib dems. it's whatever party is doing stuff.ries and, and the labour party did similar things yesterday, though not involving cannons and marches. yeah so as i'm aware, very excited . it's i'm aware, very excited. it's just so fake and back, you know. do we actually believe any of that absolute nonsense now . that absolute nonsense now. >> well if the lib dems they've been saved from almost total wipe—out really in the past ten years haven't they? so they got one more seat. >> well, they might think that, you things are the up you know, things are on the up for them now. >> well you can you can you can understand that excitement aren't to an extent aren't well you can to an extent but you're at the bottom but when you're at the bottom there's only direction you there's only one direction you can in. can go in. >> fair. i mean he got >> to be fair. i mean he got absolutely wiped out didn't they, years so it's, they, eight years ago. so it's, um. don't know. um. i don't know. >> interesting to see >> it'll be interesting to see wh

, says democrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened. >> previously i've beenking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all those true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. now we have a second the west country second front in the west country , traditional heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means force to be means that we are force to be reckoned with in next reckoned with in the next general election. >> in other news this evening, the trial for former us president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us president election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination in the . race. one of nomination in the. race. one of the victims of june's nottingham a

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i for ed davey, that makes it difficult for you?— for ed davey, that makes it difficult for you? forward and i expect you will get a different number. bill and i expect you will get a different number. all right. alle . inc different number. all right. alleging it _ different number. all right. alleging it will _ different number. all right. alleging it will be _ different number. all right. alleging it will be a - different number. all right. | alleging it will be a positive rating for ed davey. we go to the north yorkshire sea. david, we were talking earlier about the rather dropped departure of the former mp nigel adams. how much of an impact you think that has had in the seat in the constituency?— in the constituency? yeah, nigel adams was _ in the constituency? yeah, nigel adams was of— in the constituency? yeah, nigel adams was of course _ in the constituency? yeah, nigel adams was of course a _ in the constituency? yeah, nigel adams was of course a close - in the constituency? yeah, nigel adams was of course a close ally in the constituency? yeah, nigel i adams was of cour

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, says the support sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened. >> previously i'ven talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire , cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex, all those true blue heartlands , if you true blue heartlands, if you like, the home counties where it's liberal democrats it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. have conservatives. now we have a second in the west country second front in the west country , heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means a force to be means that we are a force to be reckoned with in the next general election. well another news this evening. >> a trial date has been set for former us president donald trump in his classified files case. according to court documents, it will take place on the 20th of may next year. the criminal trial will come less than six months ahead of the november 2024 us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for t

as the lib dems ed davey also acknowledged.s can testify it's taking longer to shake off this bout of high inflation here than elsewhere. but the cure also has a price already cutting back. many will be watching the pennies for some time. dharshini is with me. many will be looking at interest rates and mortgages? yes. many will be looking at interest rates and mortgages? yes, anybody who is taking _ rates and mortgages? yes, anybody who is taking out _ rates and mortgages? yes, anybody who is taking out a _ rates and mortgages? yes, anybody who is taking out a new— rates and mortgages? yes, anybody who is taking out a new mortgage i rates and mortgages? yes, anybody who is taking out a new mortgage isi who is taking out a new mortgage is still going to see some pain, but it may not be as acute as we feared. because experts say perhaps we are going to see a couple more rate rises from the bank of england, fewer than thought. fix rated mortgage deals are linked for the expectedations of interest rates, those two are coming down a

and the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey, says to support for his party has strengthenedhe blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , buckinghamshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all true blue heartlands, all those true blue heartlands, if you like, the home counties where liberal where it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. we have conservatives. now we have a second front in west country second front in the west country , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional that traditional heartlands. that means force to be means that we are force to be reckoned with the next reckoned with in the next general election . general election. >> well, another news tonight, the trial for the former us president, donald trump's classified documents case that will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination. in that race, as around 30

i do also have a video you of ed davey doing video for you of ed davey doing the cringe thing that youthe end of the road for ulez. what about keir starmer supposed landslide? of coming about keir starmer supposed land�*patrick of coming about keir starmer supposed land�*patrick christys coming about keir starmer supposed land�*patrick christys on�*ming about keir starmer supposed land�*patrick christys on gb|g forces? join me mark white on gb news . news. >> right. well, coming up, i will be asking how old do you have to be to be an mp? because well, another keir, not keir starmer . no well, another keir, not keir starmer. no keir mather yet is now the youngest mp in the house of commons, so he's 25 years old. i'm asking, is that too young? also, there's been quite a lot of attention online about this dishy young chap. in a way. some people were saying it looks like will from the inbetweeners. i don't think that's a compliment. some other people are, fair say, are, i think it's fair to say, just him. just objectifying him. and i wondered , would we have the same wondered, would we hav

rate rises to come now, but many are already feeling the taint of existing ones, as the lib dems ed davey inflation here than elsewhere. but the cure also has a price. already cutting back, many will be watching the pennies for some time. more details have emerged about the american soldier who has been detained in north korea after crossing the border without authorisation. travis king had been detained after getting into fights in south korea prior to cutting. he also damaged a police car and had recently spent time in a detention facility in seoul. the 23—year—old had been released and was being sent back to the us for disciplinary reasons when he escaped. he made it across the demilitarised zone between north and south korea whilst on a tour of the border. that zone is commonly known as the dmz, one of the most heavily fortified in the world. it remains unclear what his intentions were for crossing. a witness said he saw the soldier laughing whilst running across. the us secretary of defence gave a briefing on the matter in the pentagon. taste briefing on the matter in the pentagon-—

keir starmer says voters want change whilst the leader of the liberal democrats , sir ed davey, liberalemocrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened and around 3000 asylum seekers will be housed in non—hotel sites by the autumn. this includes bibby stockholm home barge in dorset and former military sites in essex and lincolnshire . it's part of the lincolnshire. it's part of the government's plan to reduce the use of hotels and housing migrants, which costs taxpayers was £6 million a day. migrants, which costs taxpayers was £6 million a day . the trial was £6 million a day. the trial for former us president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination in that . republican nomination in that. race for us, johnson will hand over messages from his old mobile phone to the covid 19 inquiry. it's after technical experts managed to recover them. the former prime minister was initially told to stop

keir starmer says voters want change whilst the leader of the liberal democrats , sir ed davey, liberalemocrats, sir ed davey, says the support for his party has strengthened and around 3000 asylum seekers will be housed in non—hotel sites by the autumn. this includes bibby stockholm home barge in dorset and former military sites in essex and lincolnshire . it's part of the lincolnshire. it's part of the government's plan to reduce the use of hotels and housing migrants, which costs taxpayers was £6 million a day. migrants, which costs taxpayers was £6 million a day . the trial was £6 million a day. the trial for former us president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination in that . republican nomination in that. race for us, johnson will hand over messages from his old mobile phone to the covid 19 inquiry. it's after technical experts managed to recover them. the former prime minister was initially told to stop

the liberal democrats leader, sir ed davey, called it a stunning victory and said it showed the partyirmly back in its former west country stronghold. sarah dyke had a victory margin of more than 10,000 votes over the tory candidate. lifelong conservative voters have today voted liberal democrat for the first time. thank you for putting your trust in me to deliver for you. i will not let you down. and let me say a particular thank you to all those who usually vote labour or green but lent me your votes this time. there is no doubt that our electoral system is broken — but you have shown that the conservatives can still be beaten under it. so we are now waiting for one more seat to declare — that's selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. back to you jo. thank you very much. let's go to selby and ainsty and see what is happening. everybody, all candidates, and their agents are waiting with anticipation so i presume that they have been told what the results are. they're waiting for the returning officer to call them to the stage. 13 candidates in this north yorkshire seat. vacated by nigel

ed davey, why are you standing next to two horses? because our horse has got his head in the front.rritory. well, certainly we did have a really good mp here between �*97 and 2015 and obviously we won control of somerset council last year at the local elections. we've now got 61 of the 110 councillors making us the biggest group of liberal democrat councillors in the country, but also the local elections this year. we had some great results in our contiguous neighbours in devon and throughout the country, so we're doing really, really well. so i think people are putting faith in the liberal democrats and they know if they vote liberal democrat they're going to get a hard working local champion. pacing the streets and spreading the word. the conservative candidate out in the sunshine and acknowledging a difficult backdrop. well, i think when we look around the world, there are economic pressures and many people i know are feeling the pinch at the moment. and, you know, we were all grateful for the money that we had over the winter for the fuel bills, but those prices are coming down.

here and we'll deliver with the next labour government and the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed davey the support for his party has strengthen . party has strengthen. >> ed previously i've been talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , oxfordshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all those true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. have conservatives. now we have a second front in the west country , heartlands, if , our traditional heartlands, if you like, the liberal traditional heartlands. that means that we are a force to be reckoned next reckoned with in the next general election. >> news tonight, the >> in other news tonight, the trial us president trial for former us president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for the republican nomination in the race, one of the vic

here and we'll deliver with the next labour government and the leader of the liberal democrats, sir ed daveyhe support for his party has strengthen . party has strengthen. >> ed previously i've been talking about the blue wall in places like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire , oxfordshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire, bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. all those true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the liberal democrats really the really challenging the conservatives. we conservatives. now we have a second front in the west country , traditional if , our traditional heartlands, if you liberal you like, the liberal traditional heartlands. that means a force to be means that we are a force to be reckoned with next reckoned with in the next general election. >> in news tonight, the >> in other news tonight, the trial former president trial for former us president donald trump's classified documents case will take place on the 20th of may next year. that's less than six months ahead of the us presidential election. trump is the current front runner for th

and then he said something like 99.9% of women of i think that was ed davey.at he said, but he said in 99% of the cases that is the case. >> but that was ed davey said that. >> well, no, i think keir starmer said that too. >> yeah, they've been reading. they've been reading the same notebook singing. >> worries >> that worries me. >> that worries me. >> you what do >> well, what are you what do you of this u—turn? well, you make of this u—turn? well, look, i'm actually of the view here again, going to that here again, going back to that point earlier, sir keir point i made earlier, sir keir starmer really has taken more positions you you positions than you know. you take too u—turns , emily take too many u—turns, emily quickly up in u—bend . quickly end up in the u—bend. and but clearly that's not going the way it is for sir keir starmer. but i'll tell you who i think of at this moment. the mp for canterbury. who's rosie duffy. now, rosie has been put through the mill, right? she has suffered intensely. she spoke up as a woman who survived domestic violence. a

labour's home secretary, yvette cooper , and secretary, yvette cooper, and liberal democrat leader ed davey nicola sturgeon jeremy corbyn, diane abbott care for calais staff know what about the archbishop of wokery justin welby? any room at your in thought? not old gary lineker could squeeze a football team of them into his £4.5 million surrey mansion and not just heavily vetted poster boys like rashid here who stayed at chateau big ears for a mere 20 day pr stunt . of course, this day pr stunt. of course, this won't ever happen because these refugee welcome hypocrites are the nimbys. no illegals in my backyard. and it's not just the mps and the luvvies on saturday. gb news reporter from a protest in portland against the barge set to house 500 men in the town's port. and guess what? the refugees welcome anti—racists didn't even want the barge in their town because of the strain. 500 men would place on the local health service. you couldn't make it up and look how these refugee welcome protesters responded when a reporter asked them if they'd house an immigrant in their spare room on list sa

labour's home secretary, yvette cooper , and secretary, yvette cooper, and liberal democrat leader ed daveyholier than thou nicola sturgeon jeremy corbyn, diane abbott care for calais staff know what about the archbishop of wokery justin welby? any room at your in thought? not old gary lineker could squeeze a football team of them into his £4.5 million surrey mansion and not just heavily vetted poster boys like rashid here who stayed at chateau big ears for a mere 20 day pr stunt . of course, this day pr stunt. of course, this won't ever happen because these refugee welcome hypocrites are the nimbys. no illegals in my backyard. and it's not just the mps and the luvvies on saturday. gb news reporter from a protest in portland against the barge set to house 500 men in the town's port. and guess what? the refugees welcome anti—racists didn't even want the barge in their town because of the strain. 500 men would place on the local health service. you couldn't make it up and look how these refugee welcome protesters responded when a reporter asked them if they'd house an immigrant in their spare

>> i am in the targets of ed davey? >> oh, davey? >> oh , and you know what?i don't think it hasn't even got the support of the labour party . support of the labour party. there's about 5 or 6 of them on sitting there mournfully. >> i think this lady be famous lady wendy chamberlain , who lady wendy chamberlain, who nobody's even heard of, even in her own household , who has her own household, who has actually proposed this amendment. >> i would be amazed if it gets five minutes of support apart from ed davey, who of course is known as archibald by that wonderful sketchwriter who's often making fun of me. so can't say that quentin letts oh, thank you. >> go. good stuff . but this does >> go. good stuff. but this does appear to be i'm going to kind of finish how we started really to michael, if that's okay, which is about this idea of having been a michael it i find being called sir michael cringe making . fair being called sir michael cringe making. fair enough. being called sir michael cringe making . fair enough. all right making. fair enough. all right i ju

so ed davey, your party leader, has admitted that today in the observer .ted that today in the observer . it's also as a result observer. it's also as a result of low turnout. so people aren't actively voting for lib dem policies , are they? in fact, policies, are they? in fact, i don't think many people watching or listening to this can name any dem policies you know what? >> we've won four by elections four times recently . people in four times recently. people in conservative seats have gone to the polls and elected a liberal democrat. now you can try and pick holes in that whichever way you want and say it's tactical voting or people are not unhappy with the conservatives the fact is that given the choice of electing another other conservative mp , they have opted conservative mp, they have opted instead to have a liberal democrat mp because they know that liberal democrat mp will work hard is based in the community and that they will get the sort of representation which certainly in somerton and frome they've been missing out on and that sarah will now

. >> so the lib dem leader , ed >> so the lib dem leader, ed davey, is calling on everyone to vote.know, labour voters voting their lending their vote to the lib dems and vice versa in particular. >> but you can do it in by elections. >> it's easy to coordinate it across the country in a general election is a different kettle of fish. >> it is definitely because you can sort of sort of parties will put resources into one seat and ignore others. whereas if you're fighting a national campaign, that's very different . but i that's very different. but i think it's interesting how you know, how much tactical voting has risen. it's almost as if it is the tories versus everyone else essentially in these elections . and clearly people elections. and clearly people are getting tired of this government . you know, they're 20 government. you know, they're 20 points behind in the polls or what have you. people are fed up with cost of living crisis, with the cost of living crisis, but it's not as if they're simply, you know, hugely enthused keir starmer. enthused by keir starmer. otherwise so ot

the lib dems leader ed davey was in the constituency six times.ade it and centre. the message we were getting from the new mp for uxbridge, steve tuckwell, the conservative, is that he thinks it was the ulez issue that was the one that got him over the line. it softens the blow overnight for the conservatives, but i do not think we should necessarily see it in the same way as we see the broader political picture in the uk. what is your assessment overall of what has transpired overnight? there will be claim and counterclaim throughout the morning, each party giving their assessment of what these figures mean. what do you make of it? the picture this morning is more complicated than i think a lot of people expected it to be. a lot of people thought rishi sunak would be the first prime minister in 50 years to lose three by—elections in one day, so he will look at the result here and every time you hear conservatives over the next days, they will point to uxbridge to say things are not as bad as they look. i think they probably are. if you look at pl

okay, well, look, next up, the liberal democrats won the somerton and frome by—election, and leader ed davey's time to get these clowns out of number 10. >> let's hope it lights . >> let's hope it lights. five for all three. >> three, 2—2, one. oh oh. >>— >> three, 2—2, one. oh oh. >> everything that man does is cnnge >> everything that man does is cringe worthy, doesn't it? like i imagine him as leader. as prime minister. oh in that imagine if he won something proper . proper. >> what he would like buy for that. like a nuclear with that. like a nuclear bomb with confetti it. confetti coming out of it. >> was >> everything about that was misjudged . and yeah, it was just misjudged. and yeah, it was just it didn't work even on its own terms, did it? >> like to think that >> i'd like to think that if they won, would they hadn't won, that would have just the just still been there in the storeroom the storeroom somewhere. the canon like that back there . like that back there. >> he's this essentially >> he's just this an essentially comic his the comic. what's his party? the liberal democrats .

okay, well, look, next up, the liberal democrats won the somerton and frome by—election, and leader ed davey's time to get these clowns out of number 10. >> let's hope it lights . >> let's hope it lights. five for all three. >> three, 2—2, one. oh oh. >>— >> three, 2—2, one. oh oh. >> everything that man does is cnnge >> everything that man does is cringe worthy, doesn't it? like i imagine him as leader. as prime minister. oh in that imagine if he won something proper . proper. >> what he would like buy for that. like a nuclear with that. like a nuclear bomb with confetti it. confetti coming out of it. >> was >> everything about that was misjudged . and yeah, it was just misjudged. and yeah, it was just it didn't work even on its own terms, did it? >> like to think that >> i'd like to think that if they won, would they hadn't won, that would have just the just still been there in the storeroom the storeroom somewhere. the canon like that back there . like that back there. >> he's this essentially >> he's just this an essentially comic his the comic. what's his party? the liberal democrats .

joe ed davey was setting off his glitter cannon.he result . how well by the result. how concerned should the conservatives be by this this pincer movement of the red wall working classes going back to the labour party and the more affluent blue wall flipping into the lib dems as well? >> i think they should be quite concerned because although the liberal democrats traditionally do really well in by elections and they've they've won four in this parliamentary term, you can throw everything at a by—election. >> you can't do that on seats even if you've only got , you even if you've only got, you know, ten, 20 target seats. you simply don't have the resources. so i think, you know, by elections there an indicator there, a barometer, but they're not really a clear guide to what happensin not really a clear guide to what happens in a general election. as we know . and i think as as we know. and i think as catherine was just saying , we're catherine was just saying, we're going to see an election campaign that is probably going to one of