What Do The By-Elections Mean?

<p>After the Conservatives suffered two by-election defeats but were spared the embarrassment of a whitewash, Matt explores what it means for Sunak and Starmer's fortunes with polling expert <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tories-uxbridge-south-ruislip-by-election-win-2023-hrbq33ddt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">John Curtice</a>, Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire, Conservative Minister Claire Coutinho, Labour's Thangam Debbonaire and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey.</p><br><p>Plus: Columnists James Heale and Eleni Courea discuss political expectation management, lobbying via WhatsApp, and why<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/teenagers-turn-to-tiktok-for-news-as-bbc-s-audience-share-falls-pkhr9qbtx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> teenagers are getting their news from TikTok</a>.</p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>