Steve Reed

Labour’s crushing local election results have rightly prompted a moment of soul-searching for the party. But the answer is not to look inward and descend into the toxic infighting of the past. That would be an unforgivable betrayal of the voters who elected us and of a country consistently let down by years of Conservative psychodrama. Voters don’t care about who’s up and who’s down in the Westminster village. They care about their own villages, towns, high streets and communities Instead, we must now look outward and see the country through the eyes of voters. They don’t care about who’s up and who’s down in the Westminster village. They care about their own villages, towns, high streets and communities, and we want to match their ambitions.