Labour hold Newport West as Lib Dem candidate gets called out for not showing up
Labour MP Ruth Lorraine Jones won the Newport West by-election last night, triggered by the death of veteran MP Paul Flynn. Mrs Jones took 9,308 votes, giving her a majority of 1,951 over the Conservatives, with UKIP in third place. In her victory speech, Mrs Jones said: "This by-election has taken place because of the […]
by Jack Peat
in News, Politics
Labour MP Ruth Lorraine Jones won the Newport West by-election last night, triggered by the death of veteran MP Paul Flynn.
Mrs Jones took 9,308 votes, giving her a majority of 1,951 over the Conservatives, with UKIP in third place.
In her victory speech, Mrs Jones said: "This by-election has taken place because of the sad passing of Paul Flynn, our friend.
"There have been many tributes to him over the weeks, but one saying stood out to me: 'Everyone knew someone helped by Paul Flynn'. These words have been an inspiration to me during this campaign."
A clip of Andrew Neil conducting an interview with a stand-in Lib Dem representative has gone viral on social media this morning after the party's candidate was noticeably absent.
The Welsh Party President was forced to deflect answers from the prying Neil, but appeared to be completely stumped towards the end.
Watch the clip in full below:
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TV Gold.@afneil quizzes the Liberal Democrats as to why their candidate is absent from the Newport West By-Election count. pic.twitter.com/roqoELIluz
— Charlie Proctor (@MonarchyUK) April 5, 2019
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Jack Peat
Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).He has contributed articles to The Sunday Telegraph, BBC News and writes for The Big Issue on a weekly basis.Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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