Labour Are No Longer The Champions Of The Poor

Labour have comprehensively failed to help the most vulnerable. They have betrayed the great traditions of the Labour movement and presided over rising unemployment, declining social mobility, widening inequality and rising poverty. The Government has comprehensively let down those who placed most faith in it.

This Labour Party, which is a pale shadow of the moral crusade of the past, can no longer claim to be the party of the vulnerable in society. It is no surprise, then, to see a poll in The Guardian this morning, which shows that the Conservatives are now regarded as being the party "of the poor" by more voters than regard Labour as the same thing.

If elected as MP for North Durham, creating a fairer equal society will be one of my real priorities. I will be prepared, unlike lobby fodder Labour MPs, to act as a champion for the poor and the vulnerable.