So we are told that Labour have failed to win the Henley on Thames by-election and their candidate ended up coming in fifth's place, losing his deposit into the bargain. Given that it was an unwinnable seat in the first place, once wonders why Labour even bothered to field a candidate. After all, the world knows that if a dog were to stand as the Tory candidate in Henley it would most assuredly win in that Hiome Counties heartland. Equally there are plenty of urban constituencies in the industrial north where a Labour candidate is only ever likely to be elected as the MP. Surely Labour would be better concentrating on those seats than wasting candidates on rural constituencies in the South East which it will never manage to secure.
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