Brexit Diary: Tory Victory in a By-Election Puts the Conservative Predicament in Sharp Relief
Will Prime Minister Sunak himself be reshuffled?
Mirabile dictu — a wonder to relate. British Tories held the Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat once held by the former premier, Boris Johnson. MP-elect Steve Tuckwell won with 13,965 votes, besting his rival by only 495 votes — unlike BoJo’s surplus of 7,210 — but a win is a win. For the Conservative Government, that is the only clear answer of Thursday’s three bye-elections.
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