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The year is 1900, and on a chilly February morning, a group of men in heavy woollen suits are deep in conversation in the Congregational Memorial Hall on Farringdon Street in London.
Exasperated by the existing political parties, these grizzled trade unionists have come together to form a group of their own, the Labour Representation Committee. In the future, it will be better known by the name it adopts six years later the Labour Party.
Labour s rise was extraordinarily swift. In less than 25 years, it had overtaken the Liberals to become one of the two great forces in British politics.
In 1924, Ramsay MacDonald, the illegitimate son of a farm labourer and a housemaid, became its first prime minister.
Labour face losing seat to Tories in Hartlepool by-election, polling shows scotsman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from scotsman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
If the Hartlepool by-election “were held tomorrow”, Labour would almost certainly hold on to the seat, says the New Statesman’s political editor Stephen Bush.
But “the election is not being held tomorrow, and what we don’t know is whether the increase in the government’s fortunes has yet reached its peak”, he continues. That said, “you’d expect a Labour hold” as opposed to “a Conservative triumph” in a seat that has never voted Tory.
HuffPost executive editor Paul Waugh is more confident that Starmer’s party will prevail, arguing that “with the right candidate, Labour should be increasing its majority in Hartlepool, not hanging on for dear life”.
When is the Hartlepool by-election?
Mr Hill, 57, resigned from the House of Commons today amid a parliamentary investigation into his behaviour, according to the Guardian.
He has represented the constituency since the 2017 snap election, and one Labour source said he had done the right thing in leaving.
Parties won t have long to wait before they can start competing for the area, with a prospective election date of May 6.
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