10:25The Peterborough byelection result confirms that the issue of Brexit has turned the UK’s two-party system into a four-party system, Prof Sir John Curtice, Britain’s most respected psephologist, told the Today programme this morning. Labour’s Lisa Forbes won the byelection with 30.9% of the vote over the Brexit party, which got 28.9%. Labour’s share of the vote in Peterborough was up nine percentage points compared to it disastrous showing in the European election. But Curtice said senior Labour figures could not pretend that the party was not losing support over Brexit. Unless and until the Conservative party can deliver Brexit, it is going to be in trouble.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2019 05:02 UTC