Losing Grimsby: Working-class towns desert UK's Labour Party Britain's Labour Party is grappling with its worst electoral defeat since 1935, and towns like Grimsby in eastern England are at the root of its problemGRIMSBY, England -- Like the North Sea cod that was their livelihood, Conservative voters in the fishing town of Grimsby once seemed in danger of disappearing. In every election since 1945, voters in this port in eastern England elected a Labour Party lawmaker. “(Thatcher) destroyed the fishing industry, steel industry, the coal industry, you name it, it all went downhill from there. But now, I’m hoping Conservatives look back on their mistakes and I’m hoping they’re going to bring some things back.”Loyalty to Labour has been declining in Grimsby and other working-class towns for years. “This party must listen, this party must respond, or this party will die,” said Ian Murray, a Labour legislator who won re-election in Scotland.

Source: ABC News December 13, 2019 19:07 UTC