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Labour will need the stay-at-home voters who swung last week’s byelections

Letters: Harry Gilonis responds to the party’s success in recent byelections by pointing out that the Labour vote barely grew since 2019. Plus letters from Katy Jennison, James Coldwell, Keith Flett, Daniel Peacock and Shawn Pearson

The Guardian - UK

Labour to widen campaign ‘hit list’ after stunning byelection successes

Farming areas and central Scottish belt could be added to party’s general election targets

The Guardian - UK

‘Even our safe seats are in play’: Tories despair at scale of byelection defeats

After a crushing week, MPs fear they will need a miracle to hold on to power

The Guardian - UK

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What the papers say – October 21

Surprise results from the Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire by-elections feature among the front page stories.

The Independent UK

Labour MPs told to ‘keep feet on ground’ after historic byelection wins

Starmer’s aides warn against complacency as huge swings from Tories raise prospect of 1997-style landslide next year

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak says by-election defeats ‘disappointing’ but blames ‘local factors’

Labour took both Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire from the Conservatives in results announced on Friday.

Evening Standard

I’m the heir to Blair, says Starmer after Tory ‘armageddon’ by-election defeats

Labour leader hails ‘game-changer’ victories that put his party on the path to power

The Independent UK

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Senior Tories say party seems to be giving up after byelection defeats

Sunak appears safe but divisions widening on strategy, as MP bemoans lack of support in Tamworth

The Guardian - UK

‘People are just so fed up’: Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire voters on a mood for change

On the streets of Labour’s new constituencies, there was anti-Tory feeling – but also much apathy

The Guardian - UK

Biggest by-election swings of all time: Labour shocks Tories in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

Labour achieved a great swing of 23.9 points in Tamworth, Staffordshire, which is high enough to be ranked as the second highest swing by Labour at a by-election since 1945.

Evening Standard

Sunak says by-election defeats ‘disappointing’ but blames ‘local factors’

Labour took both Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire from the Conservatives in results announced on Friday.

The Independent UK

Double byelection defeat shines bright light on Tories’ plight

Rishi Sunak left with worst of all worlds as Tory base stays home and Labour and Reform UK rack up votes

The Guardian - UK

Astounding byelection losses are about more than Tory MPs’ conduct – the party has a big general election problem

Byelection results in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire represent new lows for a Conservative government that will soon be obliged to confront its mortality.

The Conversation

Rishi Sunak, decorated hero of the war on motorists, is no match for a real-world conflict

The PM is withering on the international stage. Back home, in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, his troops are in trouble, too, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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The National (Scotland)

Unbelievable moment as Tory minister downplays by-election defeats

TORY MP Andrew Bowie has claimed by-election defeats in Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire were “not gigantic” as he blamed the results on people…

The Guardian - UK

Twin byelection success is unalloyed good news for Labour

Ability to regain marginals as well as eat into Tory heartlands shows party is on course for stunning general election win

The Independent UK

What’s next for the Tories and Rishi Sunak after double by-election upset? Ask John Rentoul anything

The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul will be taking your questions as Rishi Sunak suffers major blow, with Labour overturning Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire seats

The Guardian - UK

Labour declares historic byelection wins a ‘political earthquake’

Party says it is redrawing the map after overturning large Tory majorities in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

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The Independent UK

Labour has ‘made history’ with by-election result, Starmer says

The party leader vowed to ‘repay’ people who lent Labour their vote in the two seats.

The Independent UK

Polling guru: Boris Johnson and Liz Truss scandals to blame for Tory disaster

John Curtice says Starmer could win even bigger landslide than Blair in 1997 – amid warnings Tories face ‘Armageddon’ next year

The National (Scotland)

Tories humiliated in double by-election defeat as Labour overturn huge majorities

LABOUR have dealt the Conservatives a humiliating double whammy of by-election defeats by overturning huge majorities in Tamworth and Mid…

Evening Standard

Analysis: Tories hit by turning political tide suffer two historic by-election losses in Mid-Beds and Tamworth

Historic swings from the Tories to Labour will alarm Conservative MPs

The Guardian - UK

Labour success will send chill through spines of Tory MPs

Party’s ground troops stayed away and its voters stayed at home in two traditionally very Conservative areas

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer says double Labour byelections win shows people ‘fed up with 13 years of decline’ under Tories – as it happened

Labour wins Tamworth with swing of 23.9 percentage points from Tories, then Mid Bedfordshire in largest ever turnaround of majority in UK byelection

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: Double defeat for Tories as Labour takes two seats in byelection victory

In today’s newsletter: The Conservative party suffered a crushing defeat as Labour wins Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire seats in historic byelections

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