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Last modified on Tue 11 May 2021 00.08 EDT The constituency of Batley and Spen will be the most important place in the UK for Keir Starmer over the next three months. But to those in the West Yorkshire seat â and site of a major byelection and test of the Labour party this summer â he is far from their minds, or a total unknown. âIâll be honest with you, I donât know who he is,â said Saqib Hamshi, 28, a gym-owner midway through a skin fade haircut at Palace Barbers in the town of Batley. âI knew Jeremy Corbyn but Iâve not heard much from the new leader.â ....