In 2017, the pro-Brexit and anti-austerity Labour Party increased its vote at Hartlepool by 16.9 per cent, taking its share to 52.5 per cent. Even in 2019, Labour held the seat.
But the impending victory of the Conservative Party at the Hartlepool by-election will apparently be the fault of Jeremy Corbyn, as will the loss of hundreds of council seats that Labour had held or won while he was Leader. Corbyn is not even in receipt of the Labour whip.
Still, at least the Conservatives are going to win Hartlepool by more votes than are going to be cast for the Northern Independence Party, with its whippet, and with its spoof football shirts that pretend to be sponsored by Greggs.
The Women's Equality Party exists to promote the media careers of its well-heeled and well-connected stalwarts. The Official Monster Raving Loony Party exists to promote its members on the pub entertainment circuit, especially in the South East.
And the Northern Independence Party is in similar vein. Do not be diverted by this distraction. The whole country needs economic equality and international peace through the democratic political control of the means to those ends.
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