Cable Forum - View Single Post - Farron celebrates by-election result

**Damien** · 09-12-2016, 11:27

Well they're going to talk it up aren't they? This wasn't one of their target seats although they were the only one of the four main parties who increased their vote share. Not a brilliant result but not a bad one either.

Still the Liberals would take being as unpopular as Labour. They would be ecstatic to become the official opposition for example. They aren't looking to win an election but recover their position as a party with a real parliamentary presence.

The real story here is Labour's big drop off. Even in a safe Tory area you wouldn't expect them to drop 7% (which they lost to the Liberals and Independents). It shows how snookered they currently are. Liberals have a clear position on Brexit, as do UKIP but Labour are stuck between the two consistencies.

09-12-2016, 11:27	#2
Damien Remoaner Cable Forum Mod Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 32,917	Re: Farron celebrates bye election result Well they're going to talk it up aren't they? This wasn't one of their target seats although they were the only one of the four main parties who increased their vote share. Not a brilliant result but not a bad one either. Still the Liberals would take being as unpopular as Labour. They would be ecstatic to become the official opposition for example. They aren't looking to win an election but recover their position as a party with a real parliamentary presence. The real story here is Labour's big drop off. Even in a safe Tory area you wouldn't expect them to drop 7% (which they lost to the Liberals and Independents). It shows how snookered they currently are. Liberals have a clear position on Brexit, as do UKIP but Labour are stuck between the two consistencies. Last edited by Damien; 09-12-2016 at 11:36.