There are no quick fixes for the party’s troubles in ex-industrial towns. Community organising is the key to reviving its fortunes, says Tom Blackburn, a founding editor of New Socialist
We’ve heard a lot about the Labour heartlands recently. From the cliches of Workington man to the red wall, Labour’s difficulties in what were once its industrial strongholds are well documented, and have featured prominently across the 2019 election coverage. A horde of London-based journalists, with their prior assumptions apparently already set in stone, has ventured out on rare journeys northwards in search of people prepared to back up those assumptions.
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