Boris Johnson Vows to ‘Keep Going’ After Tories Suffer Double By-election Defeat

Boris Johnson Vows to ‘Keep Going’ After Tories Suffer Double By-election Defeat
Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Ed Davey (right) celebrates with Richard Foord, the newly-elected Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Honiton, with supporters and activist at the Lowman Green Clock Tower in Tiverton, on June 24, 2022. Andrew Matthews /PA Media
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has vowed to “keep going” after his leadership suffered a double blow as his ruling Conservative Party lost two crunch by-elections.

In Tiverton and Honiton, where local Conservative MP Neil Parish resigned after admitting he had watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons, the Liberal Democrats won after a swing of almost 30 percent from the Tories, overturning a 24,000 Conservative majority.