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I will leave it to psephologists to find historical parallels for Labour’s poll performance on June 4th, but with our share of the vote down to 15% in the European elections, it’s clear that we’ll need to look far back into the annals of history. With a year at most to turn things around a plan to re-connect with voters and win again is needed.

There is no tide of enthusiasm for a Cameron/Osborne government, but if we continue looking inwards and not to the hopes, fears and disappointments of voters, then the Tories will win by default. Infighting and our seeming difficulty in setting out a compelling vision is a disservice to the families and communities that Labour was set up 109 years ago to serve.

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