Nigel Farage has hailed Reform UK’s by-election win in Runcorn and Helsby as proof the party is no longer a “fringe” offshoot of the Conservatives. He said the narrative has been "disproved in a very, very big way", claiming Tory votes now lead to Labour wins. “It’s been a huge day for us.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00Sarah Joanne Pochin is duly elected as a Member of Parliament for the Runcorn and Hellsby constituency.
00:20The narrative around everything I've ever done in politics is that somehow I'm sort of a splinter, a fringe off the Conservative Party.
00:26That's been disproved tonight in a very, very big way.
00:29And in some of the other results around the country, what you see is actually, if you vote Conservative, you get Labour.
00:35And we've seen that very clearly in some of the mayoral contests that have gone on.
00:39So it's been a huge day for us, big night for us, delighted for Sarah, who I think...
00:44Actually, isn't it rather good to have people going into Parliament who are slightly older, who've had successful business careers?
00:50She's been the mayor of East Cheshire, 20 years a magistrate.
00:54You know, we need people like that when we're in control of county councils, and we've got a lot to do.
00:58But difficult to believe we can do worse than what's been there before.
01:02So, you know...
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