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Labour has a way to go to win the Selby and Ainsty by-election

9 July 2023

5:30 PM

9 July 2023

5:30 PM

‘Absent’ seems to be the word that most often springs to mind for voters in Selby and Ainsty when asked about their former MP, Nigel Adams. Back in my home constituency for a few days, one of the most common complaints is that he was a Westminster politician who didn’t care about the area; a Boris Johnson loyalist who hitched his wagon to the former PM – and came undone by association.

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