Amidst the shock and misery that befell Labour’s true believers in the wake of our loss of Copeland yesterday morning, some people – including Labour’s ‘leader’ – tried to shift people’s focus onto the fact that we had held Stoke Central. This was due, they said,
One of the newest fashions in British politics is the tendency to attack someone holding or running for office for ‘their comments regarding’. Regarding women. Regarding immigrants. Regarding the LGBT community. Donald Trump called Mexicans rapists. Owen Smith wanted
I was one of the many Labour activists to weep a little inside when the Copeland by election result was declared in the early hours of Friday morning. A seat we have held since 1935. Although this may be a sign of a wider issue present within the Labour Party