Objectively, even allowing for the astonishing swing/historical significance of the vote etc, it is JUST a by-election (albeit a self-inflicted one) Governments have suffered these before and gone on to win However - given my posts earlier in this thread, I clearly think it's the moment when all the hot air, boosterism, lies, whatever you want to call them, have been called out and things could happen very quickly now Maybe Christmas break will be in Johnson's favour. But the coalition that got him here is unlikely to relish limping on for another 2 years