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T_i_B

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5. Labour has been as guilty of these excuses as the Tories

Reply to Indykatie (Reply #2)

Sun May 5, 2019, 07:32 AM

May 2019

Labour has been using virtually the same spin to explain their own local election losses, and it's a totally false narrative.

Demoralised grassroots support, local failings and a terrible policy on leaving the EU that tries to be all things to all men but alienates everyone have all contributed to Labour losing seats in the area where I live. Labour lost North East Derbyshire to the Tories, Bolsover to independents and they lost seats in Sheffield to both Liberal Democrats and Greens.

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