British PM Sunak says 'stick to plan' after double by-election blow
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he backs the Conservative party's vision for the UK after his party lost two more parliamentary seats to Labour in by-elections ahead of a full national vote. The British leader tells media that the circumstances of the two polls in Kingswood and Wellingborough were "particularly challenging," but says he will tell voters to "stick with our plan".
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00:00 Mid-term by-elections are always difficult for incumbent governments and the circumstances of these by-elections were of course particularly challenging.
00:07 Now, I think if you look at the results, very low turnout and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering on their priorities
00:15 and that's what I'm absolutely determined to do, but also shows that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm for the alternative in Keir Starmer and the Labour Party
00:22 and that's because they don't have a plan and if you don't have a plan you can't deliver real change
00:26 and when the general election comes, that's the message I'll be making to the country, stick with our plan
00:31 because it is starting to deliver the change that the country wants and needs.
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