Both parties feel they have a real chance of capitalising on voters’ dismay with Boris Johnson and toppling the Tories
The turnaround was swift in Mid Bedfordshire. Less than 24 hours after Nadine Dorries said she was standing down as its MP, the traditional Tory blue seat was engulfed in a yellow glow.
Glorious rays of sunshine cloaked the leafy constituency on Saturday morning as at least 130 Liberal Democrat activists descended on the area before a crucial byelection that will test Rishi Sunak’s grip on power.
