It held on in Stoke, but Labour has suffered a humiliating defeat to the governing party in Copeland.
- Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
Copeland has been Labour for more than 30 years, but these are not normal times and this is no ordinary by-election.
There is little chance of industrial unrest on the the scale of the 1970s, but Labour still has to tread carefully.
Accepting re-election as party leader, Jeremy Corbyn appealed for a fresh start. But he hasn’t yet shown what that means in practice.
Brexit takes second billing as Britain’s new Prime Minister promises to put inclusivity first.
Cuts to disability benefits were the latest in a series of unpopular and unsuccessful attempts to reform welfare.
Long seen as the ‘party of the rich’, the Conservatives will find that flaunting the support of business leaders doesn’t have the same weight as it did in years gone by.
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