What Labour can learn from the Batley and Spen byelection | Letters

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : The complex postmortem on the Batley and Spen byelection has highlighted the fact that we are in denial of the seismic shift in British voting behaviours that has occurred since Brexit.
46% : The Tories' mismanagement of the Covid pandemic presents a persuasive case for what Labour should be both for and against: proper resourcing of health and social care and the kind of levelling up to tackle health and social inequalities proposed by Michael Marmot (Jaw-dropping' fall in life expectancy in poor areas of England, report finds, 30 June), coupled with a relentless focus on cronyism and double standards.
46% : Brexit has given a new political power base to the nationalist vote, which was formerly equally divided between Labour and Tory.

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