U.K. Conservatives lose 2 elections in blow to Boris Johnson
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(Worthy News) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a double blow as voters rejected his Conservative Party in two special elections dominated by questions about his leadership and ethics.
The party’s chairman quit after the results early Friday, saying the party “cannot carry on with business as usual.”
The centrist Liberal Democrats overturned a big Conservative majority to win the rural southwest England seat of Tiverton and Honiton, while the main opposition Labour Party reclaimed Wakefield in northern England from Johnson’s Tories. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]
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