Keir Starmer speech: Labour promise to smash 'class ceiling' with education plan - BBC News
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The Labour leader promises to boost teaching for under-fives in a speech interrupted by green activists.
  • Patch@feddit.uk
    2·
    1 year ago

    This was a Labour constituency up until 2010, so they’ll be feeling pretty optimistic about retaking it. Although it’s a big majority on paper, it’s exactly the sort of place that should be contributing to the big national swing.

  • Noit@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    So many recall petitions, if this is approved quickly we could be looking at a by-election in September!

  • that_ginger_one@feddit.uk
    1·
    1 year ago

    General election 2019: Tamworth

    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    Conservative Chris Pincher 30,542 66.3 +5.3
    Labour & Co-op Chris Bain 10,908 23.7 –11.1
    Liberal Democrats Rob Wheway 2,426 5.3 +1.1
    Green Andrew Tilley 935 2.0 New
    UKIP Robert Bilcliff 814 1.8 New
    Independant John Wright 431 0.9 New
    Majority 19,634 42.6 +16.4
    Turnout 46,056 64.3 –1.8
    Conservative hold Swing +8.2

    The mountain to Climb FYI. And a rare 2019 UKIP showing too. Current Nowcast prediction below:

    PrincipleFish

    Electoral Calculus