I only ask, because Caroline Spelman has just been on News 24 claiming the Conservatives won eight of the last nine by-elections held on Thursday.
One small problem.
They didn’t.
Make that two, rather than eight.
Another one to add to the list of untrue comments made to the media by the Conservatives (who have, of course, also admitted that you can’t believe what their own candidates say).
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And their vote fell in over half of Thursday’s contests as well