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Why is Rishi Sunak acting like he won?

The News Agents

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Rishi Sunak was trying to ensure that he didn't become the first Prime Minister since 1968 to lose three by-elections on the same night. He just about managed to avoid that fake bond. But otherwise, yes, Uxbridge was interesting, but the rest of it was bloody awful. The real story of these elections is what we knew before, that the Conservative Party is in one almighty hole and there is no obvious way for Rishi Sunak to dig them out of it.

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