I'm talking about the music at the start. It's a band called Sleaford Mods. I like them as it goes. Responsible for this ditty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1les61ahgK0
You carry on though.
I agree with that, however, there's a few things I'm looking for. Will the Conservative positioning on Brexit mean that UKIP becomes less of a threat? What happens to the Labour vote - it's under threat from UKIP's 'working man' positioning and the Liberals strong stance on Europe?
Clearly the...
I mentioned that above. To be totally fair, I don't think that will have had anywhere near the influence as his position on Brexit did. It was a bit of an open goal for the Liberal Democrats, which they very wisely took advantage of.
How many other Tory MP's are there out there in seats that...
Liberal yes. Left no.
To be fair Goldsmith did very well to win when he did, which was a fairly safe Liberal seat in 2005. But to lose a 20k+ majority as it was at the last election is huge.
I think it does demonstrate that there is hope for the Liberals recovering some of the ground they lost...
Yes. In an area that was thought to have voted 70/30 remain. I imagine there's a fair few Tory MP's who will be concerned.
It's an interesting one. Can't help but think his digraceful mayoral campaign factored into the result, albeit in a far smaller way.