After an extraordinary night of bellwether byelections, where do the parties stand?
No expectation management lessens the political shock of two historic losses in the deepest thickets of Torydom. Labour won Selby and Ainsty with a 24% swing, a seat 237th on their target list. Liberal Democrats demolished the Tories in Somerton and Frome.
Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist
