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A harsh lesson for the Tories: you can’t outrun tactical voting

The dramatic Tiverton and Honiton result shows how strategic anti-Conservative voting could decide the next general election, says Peter Kellner, a former president of YouGov

The Guardian - UK

By-election defeats pile pressure on Boris Johnson’s leadership

The Prime Minister was forced to defend his premiership at a Commonwealth leaders summit 4,000 miles away in Rwanda.

The Independent UK

The time is ripe for an anti-Tory alliance

Brief letters: Caroline Lucas for leader | Last wishes | Hotel Rwanda | Drawing lines | Going, going…

The Guardian - UK

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'People are fed up with Boris' - voters hit out after Tory by-election defeats

Labour regained Wakefield from the Tories, while the Liberal Democrats overturned a 24,000 Conservative majority to take Tiverton and Honiton in the Tories' southern heartlands

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer has some in Labour worried he’s too boring

Boris Johnson won the biggest Tory majority in a generation three years ago not just because of Brexit, but because of his boisterous - and at times anarchic- approach to British politics and the establishment. And, despite his colossal defeat, even Jeremy Corbyn brought thousands out onto the streets. Both…

Evening Standard

Chalk up a win for steady Starmer, but things could still get shaky

Analysis: After Wakefield, the leader’s allies can say ‘boring’ works, but Labour is not wholly convinced

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says Labour 'on track' to power as 'imploding' Tories endure by-election losses

Under-fire Boris Johnson had a torrid night at the polls as the Tories lost by-elections in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton

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Sir John Curtice: Tories in trouble but Keir Starmer still missing crucial spark

Boris Johnson’s party is “in trouble” but Sir Keir Starmer has yet to spark the “crucial ingredient” of enthusiasm for Labour which led to Tony Blair’s 1997 victory, according to one of Britain’s leading elections experts

Evening Standard

'Boris Johnson's a nailed-on loser - voters see through his lies and want a fresh start'

'Keir Starmer and Ed Davey should pray that Tory MPs are stupid enough to save Johnson, Labour and the Lib Dems' best electoral asset,' writes the Mirror's Kevin Maguire

Daily Mirror

These byelection defeats are the verdict on a cruel and useless government that’s running out of road

Losses in Tiverton & Honiton and in Wakefield are more than midterm blues. They’re a sign of the anti-Tory majority getting its act together, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

If the Tories had any decency, they would get out of the way – Starmer

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer celebrated the party’s by-election victory in Wakefield.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer: Wakefield win shows Labour on track for government

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party’s triumph in the Yorkshire red wall seat of Wakefield showed he was on course to win the next general election.

Evening Standard

Friday briefing: Party chair resigns after catastrophic results for Tories

In today’s newsletter: devastating results for the Conservatives in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton intensify questions over the prime minister’s future

The Guardian - UK

Tories handed ‘wake-up call’ with double defeat in Tiverton and Wakefield by-elections

Lib Dem win in Devon represents the largest majority ever overturned at by-election

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Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson suffers brutal double by-election defeat as voters abandon Tories

Disastrous by-election defeats in Wakefield, and Tiverton and Honiton will pile pressure on Boris Johnson, who has been trying to restore his battered premiership after he clung on in a no confidence vote

The Guardian - UK

Labour win in Wakefield proves party is ready for power, says Starmer

Simon Lightwood elected as MP in symbolic victory in ‘red wall’ seat won by Conservatives in 2019

Daily Mirror

Labour's Simon Lightwood wins Wakefield by-election - piling pressure on Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson may be thousands of miles away in Kigali, Rwanda, but his premiership will undoubtedly come under intense pressure as Labour shows signs of rebuilding back its so called Red Wall.

The Independent UK

Tories braced for trouble as votes counted in crunch by-elections

Boris Johnson insisted he was optimistic and it would be “crazy” for him to quit if the Tories lost both the Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton seats.

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The Independent UK

Key records in previous by-elections as polls close in Wakefield and Tiverton & Honiton

Conservatives last lost two by-elections on the same day in 1991

The Independent UK

Johnson ‘full of optimism’ as polls close in crunch by-elections

Boris Johnson acknowledged that mid-term votes are “never necessarily easy for any government” as polls closed in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton.

The Guardian - UK

This summer of discontent should be a gift to Labour – so where are Starmer’s big ideas?

There’s never been a better time to capitalise on the Tories’ economic weakness, writes Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The National (Scotland)

Folk singer reveals what Boris Johnson was like at Glastonbury in 2000

BILLY Bragg has revealed what it was like to be at Glastonbury with Boris Johnson when the Prime Minister attended the music festival in 2000.

The Independent UK

Billy Bragg speaks about Glastonbury trip with Boris Johnson in 2000

The singer will play at the Left Field tent from 9pm on Friday.

The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer to snub traditional Durham Miner's Gala despite predecessors attending

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer is set to miss a trip to the Durham Miners’ Gala next month, unlike his two most recent predecessors.

The Independent UK

Momentum to keep list of Labour MPs who fail to back rail strike

Labour left-wingers to campaign for MPs to ‘do their jobs’ and back industrial action

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