In recent contests the Conservatives lost seats to the Lib Dems in Knaresborough and East Hertfordshire, while Labour lost a seat to an independent in Neath Port Talbot.
Labour faces a decline into irrelevance warns Blunkett “The resignation of one of Labour’s longest-serving MPs over anti-Semitism must be a “catalyst for seismic change” or the party risks falling into “decline and irrelevance”, Lord Blunkett has warned. The former Labour home secretary says Frank Field’s decision to resign the whip highlights the need for […]
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Labour may face ‘catastrophic split’ if other MPs follow Field… “Labour was plunged into turmoil today after veteran MP Frank Field sensationally quit blaming Jeremy Corbyn for making the party a ‘force for anti-Semitism’. Mr Field, 76, told party bosses that after nearly 40 years as a Labour MP he was quitting the party whip and […]
The gloomy predictions of the Remain campaign proved ludicrously mistaken, but that does not mean there will never again be bad economic news.
Plus: Why Leave.eu supporters are more in step with Conservative policy than Soubry; and: shaking things up on the airwaves.
It would be a mistake for the Conservatives to even try to recruit him. Instead, they should follow his lead of thinking – and saying – the unsayable.
“The leadership is doing nothing substantive to address this erosion of our core values. It saddens me to say that we are increasingly seen as a racist party.”
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A focused and accountable drive to build the grassroots is required. It can be done, but it requires difficult questions and honest answers.