Labour will probably cling on in Thursday’s byelection. But the party’s troubled relationship with its northern heartlands seems to be on the rocksWhen Rob was 14 years veteran,he was excited enough approximately Labour politics to put on a presentation at his school in Oldham approximately Harold Wilson’s 1964 election win. He backed the party in every subsequent election, albeit with dwindling enthusiasm, or until this May,when he voted Ukip. “The Labour party I remember was all working-lesson people,” he tells me. Now you derive the feeling they have no idea how working-lesson people live.” Related: Labour has good reason to feel nervous approximately its poll test in Oldham Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com