Thursday, January 19, 2017

Labour to hold Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central by-elections in February

From Politics Home:
Labour is planning to hold the Copeland and Stoke-on-Trent Central by-elections on the same day next month ... 
Senior party sources say the crunch polls are "likely" to take place on 23 February, although a final decision has yet to be made. 
A formal announcement could take place as early as tomorrow.
Labour's presss briefing is so chaotic that this story could well be denied in the morning.

But short by-election campaigns must make sense for Labour. It's not as if prolonged exposure to the media and the voters is going to do them any favours at the moment.

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