We need to build long-term trust to hold seats like this one. We can win again – but we must deliver.
Corbyn’s new stand-in was strikingly self-possessed.
From the politicisation of committees and the near-deification of Corbyn to the absurd ‘fake news’ row over ‘Hatgate’, the parallels are troubling.
When a ‘right-wing’ politician is nominated for a plaque, it is almost bound to be controversial with ‘the left’. Tories are much more generous.
In my view, no Labour seat in County Durham is safe. The remaining seats all have majorities under 6,000.