First, Selby and Ainsty. Then, Mid Bedfordshire. Rural communities are no longer Tory heartlands.
The next election offers an opportunity for Labour to persuade rural Britain to back them in considerably larger numbers.
Opinion
Prem Sikka: How the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill is the government’s latest erosion of hard-won rights
‘The Bill only targets the less well-off. There is no equivalent surveillance of legislators who accept payments to advance the interests of their corporate paymasters.’
To increase the number of home-owners we must abolish the leasehold system
All sections of the Labour Party need to unite around the need for leasehold reform if they wish to win the forthcoming general election
We need to get real about the risks and possibilities of self-driving cars
‘If you put self-driving into the equation, you potentially massively increase the climate impacts.’
Paul Nowak: The Tories are today back doing what they enjoy most: Attacking unions
Let’s be clear. These Conservative anti-strike laws are a dog’s dinner – they’re shambolic and unworkable and will frustrate employers, workers and unions alike.
The return of David Cameron shows Rishi Sunak has no interest in reversing austerity
‘Cameron was anything but a centrist, but he “did a remarkably good job of playing one on television.’
Prem Sikka: Here’s why the autumn statement does nothing to help ordinary working people
‘The chancellor delivered a continuation of austerity, public spending cuts and tax hikes.’
Even more powers of domestic surveillance? It is over-the-top already
We have savage reductions in the right to protest; we have deeply concerning directions of travel for democracy and freedom of speech.
Richard Burgon MP: It’s time for a windfall tax on bank super profits
‘Three quarters of the public support a windfall tax on banks’ excess profits – including 76% of Conservative 2019 voters’
What the Autumn Statement should deliver, and what Jeremy Hunt will do instead
“Overall, the government is unlikely to charter a new course for the economy or provide relief for millions of households though with an eye on next year’s general election it may throw a crumb or two to bribe the electorate.”