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United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election that was a de facto referendum on his government, amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections.

Boris Johnson has said he “takes responsibility” for the Conservatives’ shock defeat in the North Shropshire by-election on Friday. The prime minister admitted that the result marked a “very disappointing” night for his party after it lost the safe seat to the Liberal Democrats,

The Tories lost the constituency to the Lib Dems in a by-election triggered by a sleaze scandal and taking place in a torrid period for the PM.

The Liberal Democrats claim they are going to win the North Shropshire by-election from the Tories “comfortably”, in what With the Conservatives appearing downbeat in what has been an ultra-safe seat for the party,

A loss for the Tories in what should be an ultra-safe seat would be a major blow to Boris Johnson’s authority.

The Conservatives have appeared to play down their chances of winning the North Shropshire by-election after a Cabinet minister said the electorate could use the poll as a “protest vote”. The by-election,