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The Batley and Spen result is a rejection of identity politics

3 July 2021

2:25 AM

3 July 2021

2:25 AM

What should we make of the Batley and Spen by-election, won by Labour with a majority of just 323 votes? The victory, slim though it may be, is a credit to Kim Leadbeater who – with a gutsy campaign – has proved her doubters wrong and done her sister, the late Jo Cox, proud.

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Khalid Mahmood is a Senior Fellow at Policy Exchange


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