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Liz Webster

13 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read

Politico’s Playbook on #NorthShropshire

“Tories downbeat: The conclusion that the Lib Dems are now favorites is shared by Tory MPs who have visited the seat. One told Playbook they expect to lose.”

Lib Dems sniff an upset as Tories win apathy vote.

thetimes.co.uk/article/0acb04…

The North Shropshire by-election on Thursday is shaping up to be the closest battle in the Tory stronghold in living memory, as weeks of scandal in Westminster show signs of angering the party faithful and eroding support for Boris Johnson.

ft.com/content/d738d2…

“We can’t change the government [on Thursday] but we can rock it,” said Grace Goodlad, landlady at the Bailey Head pub in Oswestry, the largest of five market towns across the constituency. “I want to make it clear that we are fed up,” she said.

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