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Johnson: I totally understand people's frustrations (but who cares…)

Boris Johnson has said he's got to accept the verdict "in all humility" after his party lost a former safe seat.

17 December 2021 · 20:18 UTC

When asked about reports of lockdown failures in Downing Street playing a part in the North Shropshire defeat, the prime minister said people had been hearing "a constant litany of stuff about politics and politicians, stuff that isn't about them".

Thursday’s election of Helen Morgan saw a Conservative majority of 23,000 overturned into a 6,000-vote majority for the Liberal Democrats.

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