Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour are embarrassed in historic by-election loss to Tories in Copeland as Ukip’s Paul Nuttall is soundly beaten in Stoke after Hillsborough controversy

‘Jeremy Corbyn was humiliated today as Labour lost Copeland to the Tories in the worst by-election defeat for an Opposition since 1945.
MPs accused the veteran left winger of ‘insulting’ the public after he bizarrely blamed ‘the failed political consensus’ for the disastrous showing – which saw mother-of-four Trudy Harrison romp home with a 2,000 majority.
There was a small grain of comfort for Labour as it fought off the challenge from Ukip leader Paul Nuttall in much safer Stoke-on-Trent Central.
Mr Nuttall insisted he would not be quitting despite being solidly defeated after a campaign blighted by questions over his Hillsborough claims.’
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