Reform has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election from Labour by just six votes, overturning a majority of 14,700 and triggering a political earthquake that threatens to shatter the hegemony of Labour and the Tories.
Reform is favourite to win the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, overturning Labour's 14,700 majority. Why? It might have something to do with having the nation's third-highest number of asylum seekers, says Steven Tucker.
George Galloway's by-election win is a protest against Broken Britain, says Luke Tryl, as a poll shows that two-thirds of voters believe the cost of living is the key issue, while just 8% prioritise the Middle East crisis.
In the latest Weekly Sceptic podcast, the talking points are Rishi Sunak losing two by-elections, Sadiq Khan's woke makeover of the London Overground and Putin's murder of Alexei Navalny.
Leading Net Zero proponent Chris Skidmore has announced he will quit Parliament "as soon as possible", saying he could not support a Government committed to a course of action "I know is wrong and will cause future harm".
Tory voters switching to Reform cost the party two by-election seats overnight, as data show the amount of votes picked up by Reform was bigger than the Labour majority in both cases.
London's Ulez expansion leaves small businesses desperate and prices customers out. Will Labour support struggling constituents or prioritise the party's green agenda?
A Lockdown Sceptics reader has shared a letter to their local Conservative MP about the role that lockdown scepticism may have played in the Conservatives' recent by-election loss in Chesham and Amersham.
