{"id":65866,"date":"2022-12-02T08:21:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=65866"},"modified":"2022-12-02T08:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T08:21:57","slug":"a-labour-majority-now-would-let-it-deliver-on-the-wish-of-its-members-for-real-democracy-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/12\/02\/a-labour-majority-now-would-let-it-deliver-on-the-wish-of-its-members-for-real-democracy-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Labour majority now would let it deliver on the wish of its members for real democracy in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was the full by-election result in Chester last night:<\/p>\n

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Labour won with a swing of 13% despite already holding the seat and the former MP having been discredited.<\/p>\n

This is the worst Tory result in the seat since 1832.<\/p>\n

And no doubt Keir Starmer is rubbing his hands in glee.<\/p>\n

I would however draw his attention to this article in The Chartist<\/a> by Mary Southcott:<\/p>\n

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A Labour majority now would let it deliver on the wish of its members for real democracy in the UK.<\/p>\n

Will Starmer deliver? I hope so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was the full by-election result in Chester last night: Labour won with a swing of 13% despite already holding the seat and the former
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