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Rishi Sunak left with worst of all worlds as Tory base stays home and Labour and Reform UK rack up votes
Brutal as they were, the twin byelection losses in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire did not necessarily change the plight faced by the Conservatives. What they did was shine so bright a beam on the situation that even the most self-deluding Tory MP can no longer pretend.
It was just three months ago that a narrow victory in Boris Johnson’s old Uxbridge seat gave the Tories a sudden sugar rush of hope, with Rishi Sunak saying it meant the next general election was “not a done deal”.
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