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On Friday, Westminster woke up to a shock result in the North Shropshire by-election. The Liberal Democrats ran a tight campaign which had plenty of material to draw on: Covid chaos and uncertainty, the sleaze row surrounding the seat’s last MP Owen Paterson, and reports of Christmas parties in Downing Street during last year’s winter lockdown. “If had accepted his …