That cost Labour and Sir Keir Starmer so dear in Hartlepool because it is such an English town. These English voters don't say 'I'm voting X because I'm English'. These English voters don't say 'I'm voting X because I'm English'. And a Labour Party that cannot win nationally will soon shed votes to the Greens and the Liberal Democrats. If the Labour Party does not have the audacity to summon it into existence, no other party will.
Source: Daily Mail May 09, 2021 09:33 UTC