What do by-elections tell you about the state of politics?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In fact this Thursday sees Jon covering his 40th count for Sky News. He’s in Nadine Dorries' old seat of Mid Bedfordshire which could see the vote split 3 ways between the Conservatives, Labour and the Lib Dems.
On the same day, another seat held by the Conservatives – Tamworth – is up for grabs following Chris Pincher’s resignation over groping allegations.
But what if anything do by-elections results tell us about potential general election outcomes? On a bonus episode of the Sky News Daily, host Niall Paterson talks to Jon Craig about that, and his highlights of covering by-elections for so many years.
Podcast producer: Alex Edden
Senior podcast producer: Annie Joyce
Editor: Paul Stanworth
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| 1:01.1 | Hi, I'm Neil Patterson. |
| 1:03.1 | Welcome to the Sky News Daily. |
| 1:06.7 | This is an episode we recorded around about a week or so ago. |
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| 1:20.7 | Once upon a time, I was a lobby correspondent, a political journalist, |
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