CHRISTMAS CHEER
A ray of light to lighten the darkest days
We may not have the weather for dancing in the streets, but today the nation breathes a collective sigh of relief.
The outstanding result in the North Shropshire by-election was far more than optimists and wishful thinkers might have expected. It was, at last, some small restoration of trust in the good sense of ordinary people — even those who had in 2016 believed in the lies and mis-directions of Brexit.
In the darkest days of yet another dark and depressing year, Helen Morgan’s election is an early Christmas present.
Last week England dared to expect and, for once, was not disappointed. Ho. Ho. Ho. But not all Christmas wish lists will be satisfied. Not all family Christmas gatherings will be so jolly. The realities cut deep and the roads to recovery will not be straight forward. But today’s ray of good-sense light will fuel and renew our determination to reach for better futures. The electoral odds may seem impossible but, even here in Fareham, we will be able to face future tests with a spring in our step.
Competent leadership and honest government is worth fighting for. Thanks, then, to the voters of North Shropshire for reminding us.
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Note: In yesterday’s North Shropshire parliamentary by-election, the Conservative majority of around 23,000 was converted into a Liberal Democrat majority of nearly 6,000.
