Labour's Tristram Hunt quitting as MP to head V&A Museum

[Ken Burch]

28. It should be noted that Labour held the seat in 1983 and 1987

The last two elections it fought with a manifesto that even mildly questioned nuclear power, and with leaders who were under at least as much attack as Corbyn is now.

And in those elections, the SDP-Liberal Alliance existed and receive heavy corporate funding for that primary purpose: making it impossible for Labour to win a general election(I seriously doubt anyone ever really thought the Alliance could actually beat the Tories themselves).

I hope Labour does better than expected in both by-elections, since it is the only electable anti-racist party that will be standing and because if it does surpass expectations, that might finally cause the anti-Corbyn plotters to stop doing damage.