Quote Originally Posted by Magpies1959 View Post
Even in 'normal times', (No covid, no war) mid term bi elections are generally bad news for sitting governments, so given the circumstances we are in today, it would be difficult to read too much into the results.
Even though by-elections are notoriously fickle, losing one with a 24,000 majority and a 60% share of the vote would still be pretty spectacular.

If it happens you may not read too much into it, but a fair few Tory MPs might.