Boris Johnson under pressure: UK's Conservative Party loses 2 parliamentary seats
FOX NewsSep 09, 2022
The Facts
UK Conservatives suffered two by-election losses on Fri. when the Liberal Democrats took the seat of Tiverton and Honiton, and the opposition Labour Party regained the northern constituency of Wakefield.
The results - especially the astonishing success of the Lib Dems, which saw the Conservative share of the vote drop by over 21% - are a blow for PM Boris Johnson, who is currently attending a commonwealth summit in Rwanda.
The Spin
Right narrative
It's difficult to read too much into a midterm by-election result. Such events are usually the subject of protest votes, where apathetic voters stay home rather than come out as they would in a general election.
Left narrative
These by-elections are a representative snapshot of the mood of the country. People are sick of Tory rule, and MPs will have no choice but to remove Johnson as leader if they want any chance of the British public trusting them again.
