We're about to find out if Remainers feel strongly enough about Brexit to throw out Zac Goldsmith
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ominously for Zac Goldsmith, most of the people who thought Britain would stay in the EU and Hillary Clinton would be president say he will hold his seat in the Richmond Park by-election on Thursday. The big question is how strongly the well-educated electorate of Richmond Park feel about Brexit, compared with how strongly they feel about Heathrow Airport and how warmly they regard Goldsmith, their MP of six years. The Heathrow effect is complicated because all the main candidates oppose the third runway – Government approval of which prompted Goldsmith’s resignation and caused the by-election. That would re-open the controversy caused by Labour MPs including Clive Lewis, whose views are close to Jeremy Corbyn’s, and who called for Labour to stand aside to maximise the chances of defeating Goldsmith.
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