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NEWS this week has hit of Labour’s plan to focus on flag and patriotism to win back voters in the traditional heartlands of Britain.
The feeling that we are ultimately left with here at No Holding Back is how desperately sad and misguided this whole situation appears to be.
There is obviously a will of sorts from the leadership of the Labour Party to deal with the electoral problems that we undoubtedly have – with them investing heavily in focus groups and rebranding consultants – but with only a matter of months before local elections there definitely needs to be a realisation that hollow efforts will not be enough.
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