Matthew Taylor

Sunday shows round-up: Tories ‘all have responsibility’ for election defeats

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Brandon Lewis – ‘We all have responsibility’ for historic defeat

Thursday saw a double defeat for the Conservatives that will not be forgotten any time soon. In Tiverton and Honiton, the Liberal Democrats managed to overturn a majority of over 24,000 votes, making it the biggest by-election defeat in British history.

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