I was basing that on a statement made by a remain male resident of Richmond who was also interviewed on Sky. I cant remember his exact words but he seemed to be looking down his nose and was astounded that people voted to leave Europe.

Actually I voted to remain so I don't feel insecure at all. I'm just accepting the result of the majority which some people are finding really difficult.

Just as an aside I live down South so I'm not making that statement because I live up North.

We have had a whole thread about this.

Tore to pieces??
ROTFL

There is no need to watch beyond the 5 minute mark to see that Andrew Neil has not done his usual research. (And that is shocking).

http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...2190008&page=8

Many Essex cricketers come from the area - cos it's Essex. It's in an artificial creation of a local authority area - named after a roundabout - where most of the addresses say Essex..

You can draw administrative lines on a map - but you can't stop it being Essex as it has been for centuries and always will be.

Rather than me going back to 1965 I think you would prefer to go back to 1832 - where only male land and property owners voted. Cos you don't seem too keen on the outcomes when the poor and poorly educated and non landed have the vote. You can pretty much guarantee that on the 1832 franchise remain would have won!

The interesting thing is that May has been pandering to the hard right by talking about immigration, immigration, immigration (especially at the party conference) and saying "controlling" it will be one of the main focal points of Brexit. I imagine this result may be a bit of a wake up call and if this trend continues in future by elections, it's going to give her serious food for thought.

Wot...you mean WOMEN have the vote now..... They will be wanting to be MP's next....

Most of Richmond upon Thames council area is unaffected by immigration other than oligarchs. servants and oriental restaurants.

You're absolutely right.........I should have said half of 53% turn out to vote lib dem.........

I've demeaned myself further.

No more than a by-election protest vote from a very unrepresentative sample.

I know it's a bit of a chestnut and I do avoid the word as much as possible as it's bandied around too freely.
However, sometimes, you need to call a spade a spade.

My point would be that May seems to be thinking she has no choice but to take the UK out of the Single Market in order to appease the "hardline" British public. If these trends were to continue at future by-elections, she may have to start reassessing things.

I'm in Chicago right now so just got up- this is excellent news to wake up to, and seeing the Brexiters here in meltdown is glorious!

And once again the brexiters on here show us democracy only counts when it gets them the result they want

Keep on. You're just proving the backward delusion of Brexiters. You can't cope with something that changed 50 years ago.

I suppose you think the residents of Milton Keynes live in one large field.

It's a warning of how volatile voting is in UK at moment. The I vote for a party because my Dad did is disappearing fast. Folks are far more willing to vote tactically. The other issue is Lib Dems are just filling a gaping hole at centre of UK politics. I don't believe there is huge enthusiasm for them but voters aren't able to switch between the two main parties as they did in past. A disillusioned Tory voter could never vote Corbyn.

But you made that sweeping statement based on your vague recollection of the words of ONE Richmond resident who was on Sky News.

We will see if the media give as much coverage next week to the Sleaford by election - a solidly leave voting area which may be a bit far from London for them to bother with. But they also have an MP and the area is arguably more representative of the country than Richmond Park.

I expect not.

Many of the areas in the north that voted Brexit in large numbers are also unaffected by immigration.

The consequence of this is going to be serious.

Because of the mistaken belief that it means anything the Remain camp are going to go full-on mental and it'll cost them what little support they currently enjoy.

Yep,a bedwetter is a bedwetter.

If a 20,000+ seat majority is overturned there as was the case in Richmond, it will also receive a lot of media coverage. You seem desperate to overlook that fact which is quite amusing.

4% is too close to call when you lose but a thumping win when you do

Milton Keynes is still in Buckinghamshire and your area is still in Essex - a suburb of leafy Ilford Essex!

It clearly irks you that you don't really live in leafy London at all!

Unless Farron's claim is correct......that one third of Tory Leave voters have now switched to the LibDems.

The Oracle has spoken.

By Brexiter logic, this by-election result is the "overwhelming majority" and the "will of the people"

I get the impression that May is heavily leaning towards appeasing the hard right at the moment, both in her own party and among the public. But if future by election results start going in an unexpected direction, she may have to start reassessing everything.

Julia Hartley-Brewer going for it in a very sarcastic fashion:

http://talkradio.co.uk/news/new-rich...lia-1612027334