jungle.world Attacken im Wahlkampf Die britische Labour-Partei konnte die Abgeordnetenwahl im Wahlkreis Batley und Spen knapp für sich entscheiden. Doch der Wahlkampf entwickelte sich zu einer Schlammschlacht. Von
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»Labour ist zurück«, jubelte der Parteivorsitzende Keir Starmer vorige Woche. Doch sprach daraus wohl eher Erleichterung als Triumph. Nachdem Labour im Mai eine Nachwahl im Wahlkreis Hartlepool verloren hatte und in den nationalen Umfragen immer schlechter abschnitt, gab es nun endlich gute Nachrichten. Im nordenglischen Wahlkreis Batley und Spen wurde am 1. Juli eine neue Abgeordnete für das britische Unterhaus gewählt. Und obwohl der konservative Kandidat in den Umfragen vorn lag, gewann Kim Leadbeater von der Labour-Partei mit 35,3 Prozent der Stimmen.
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A by-election in the former constituency of murdered MP Jo Cox will be contested by the ex-deputy leader of Britain First - the same words shouted by the man who killed her. Far-right activist and convicted criminal Jayda Fransen, from Penge, is standing for election in the Batley and Spen constituency next month, against Mrs Cox s sister Kim Leadbitter. The Labour politician was shot and stabbed to death by far-right extremist Thomas Mair who shouted Britain first during the attack in June 2016.
Jo Cox, Kim Leadbitter Mair s trial was told a witness heard him shouting: “Britain first, this is for Britain, Britain will always come first as he launched into his fatal assault.