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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11 days
As an aside, it’s been underreported that the Lib Dems held on to every one of their massive by-election wins in once-safe Conservative seats. Unprecedented. Going forward this is bad news for the Tories. They’re not going to be able to shift the LDs out of the GE seats taken from them.
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déjà vu @ka7ma.bsky.social · 11 days
no Conservative MP in Oxfordshire for the first time since 1777.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 11 days
That’s quite the stat.
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Fairy @lafeeverte.bsky.social · 10 days
Especially as the Conservative Party weren't formed until 1834...
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déjà vu @ka7ma.bsky.social · 10 days
Slavery, King George III and revolution - the last time Oxfordshire had no Tory MPswww.oxfordmail.co.uk It is the first time Oxfordshire has not had a Conservative MP since 1777.
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Gareth Oakland 🇫🇷🏏🏉 @goakl.bsky.social · 10 days
no Tory then… But you could say “the Tory party disappeared in 1834”. I think for this purpose we can use them interchangeably!
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Michael George Hartley @georgegawler.bsky.social · 10 days
And no councils, either. They've been eradicated.
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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · 10 days
That makes my postal vote worth it 😀
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Dr Seán DOOLAN @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 9 days
My previous attempt at voting tactically was voting LibDem when living north of Woodstock, when it was irredeemably blue. Seeing Charlie Maynard turn Witney orange is very satisfying - the Chipping Norton set may never recover. 😄