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Coverage dated December 16, 2021

UK Conservatives suffer shock by-election loss in another setback for Boris Johnson

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U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections.

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  1. MyNorthwest

    UK governing Conservatives suffer shock by-election loss (opens MyNorthwest)

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    LONDON (AP) -- U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election that was a referendum

  2. Delaware Public Media

    UK Conservatives suffer shock by-election loss in another setback for Boris Johnson (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections.

  3. Sioux City Journal

    Pressure on PM Johnson after UK Tories suffer election upset (opens Sioux City Journal)

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    LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election that was a referendum on his government amid weeks of scandal

  4. NPR

    Conservatives in the U.K. suffer an election loss in a setback for Boris Johnson (opens NPR)

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    The ruling Conservative Party in Britain has undergone a stunning defeat in a special election, in what is being seen as a personal blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

  5. NPR

    U.K. Conservatives suffer shock by-election loss in another setback for Boris Johnson (opens NPR)

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    U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    UK: Conservatives lose safe seat in blow for Boris Johnson | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Britain's Conservative Party has lost its North Shropshire seat at a by-election, having held it since the introduction of universal suffrage. The loss comes as pressure mounts against the British prime minister.

  7. France 24

    UK Conservatives suffer crushing by-election defeat in latest blow to Johnson (opens France 24)

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    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday suffered a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his Conservative Party, a result which raises serious questions about…

  8. Washington Times

    Pressure on PM Boris Johnson after U.K. Tories suffer election upset (opens Washington Times)

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    U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election that was viewed as a referendum on his government amid weeks of scandal and soaring COVID-19 infections.

  9. NBC News

    Voters punish scandal-hit Boris Johnson's party with crushing loss in 'safe' seat (opens NBC News)

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    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lost control of a previously safe parliamentary seat in North Shropshire to the Liberal Democrats on Friday.

  10. Al Jazeera

    UK: Johnson’s Conservatives suffer stunning defeat in by-election (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Liberal Democrats win in North Shropshire, a further sign support for the UK’s governing party is plummeting.

  11. WWL New Orleans

    UK Conservatives suffer electoral loss in rebuke of PM Boris Johnson's government (opens WWL New Orleans)

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    The prime minister's party suffered a stunning defeat amid weeks of scandal and rising COVID-19 cases.

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