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DENNIS SKINNER was one of the highest-profile casualties in this week’s general election after he was unseated by a Tory who worked for a company providing privatised NHS services.
In a shock result, the “Beast of Bolsover” – a permanent fixture on the Labour benches for 49 years who rarely missed a Commons session – was unseated by Mark Fletcher, the former communications director for “digital healthcare company” Synergix.
Bolsover was one of many Leave-voting seats that Labour lost.
MAT COWARD tells the story of the eccentric founder of a short-lived but striking experiment in ‘vital democracy,’ who became best known for giving away his estate to the nation
The Gala’s core message of working-class solidarity offers renewed hope and provides the antidote to the anti-worker policies of Reform UK, argues IAN LAVERY MP
Starmer struggles to save leadership amid polling calamity