Tory chair: North Shropshire voters have given us a kicking

Oliver Dowden says voters are fed up, and a senior MP warns Boris Johnson one more strike and he's out'

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The Conservative party co-chair Oliver Dowden has conceded that voters have given the government a kicking" after the Liberal Democrats clinched an extraordinary victory in the North Shropshire byelection with a swing of 34%.

Boris Johnson is facing a backlash from Tory MPs after the result, which was worse for the government than even pessimists at Conservative campaign headquarters had feared.