What a by-election win really meansPAUL HACKETT "This constituency has sent a very clear message today," Milliband told cheering supporters, "that it's putting its trust in a One Nation Labour Party and that middle England is turning away from David Cameron and the Conservatives". RNZ A landslide victory in the Mt Roskill by-election has given Labour a huge morale boost, with the party claiming the win will hurt National. In light of Labour's impressive win in Mt Roskill on Saturday, it seems worth pointing out that by-elections are notoriously unreliable harbingers for coming electoral fortune. RNZ Labour's Michael Wood won Saturday's Mt Roskill by-election with a healthy margin over National's candidate. "It has little bearing on the general election when it is not a performance review (how well is the Government doing?)

Source: Stuff December 04, 2016 20:02 UTC