Analysis by BethRigby: The outcome of the Hartlepool by-election and the SNP win in Scotland have profound implications for politics and the country
It might seem trite but it is also true: Mr Johnson is both marmite and Heineken.
They know about the criticisms - the messy private life, the flat, the handling of the second lockdown - but they forgive him it.But what I also picked up in Hartlepool was that his success, catalysed by Brexit, was as much about Labour's failures as the Conservatives' success. Despite being in government for over a decade, the cuts to local services, the courts and the A&E in Hartlepool are being blamed on Labour, not the Tories, because here the Conservatives are selling themselves as the party of change and investment.One Labour MP out canvassing in Hartlepool had a simple assessment:"People here see neighbouring seats with a new 2019 Tory MP getting handed out sweeties and they want that for their area too.
But if Hartlepool revealed to us why Mr Johnson is already eyeing a general election victory in 2024 , Holyrood revealed why he too faces profound difficulties.People of Scotland 'have right to an Indyref2'settled is that constitutional issues will be very unsettled during Mr Johnson's term in office.
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