Analysis: The Lib Dems have long promised a fight back. With the by-election win, 'It's real. It's happening; it's changing everything' - writes lewis_goodall
Since their nadir, their lowest ebb of 2015, there has been a lot of talk over the years of a"Lib Dem fightback".No longer. It's real. It's happening; it's changing everything.
The"remain alliance" obviously helped matters. Plaid Cymru and the Greens didn't run in the seat to give the Lib Dems a clear path. Without it the majority would have been tighter, or potentially non-existent. But, before remainers crack open the Veuve Clicquot, they ought to bear this in mind: if you take the Lib Dem vote their share of the vote was 43.5%. Even if you add Labour's the sum is 48.7%.
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