In Brexit Britain, Labour Party risks losing its ‘Red Wall’ industrial heartlands

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There’s another problem facing many traditional Labour voters in the UK: the party’s leader, Jeremy Corbyn

, one-and-a-half times the national average. The average life expectancy for men here, according to the Office for National Statistics, is 76.1 years -- a year lower than in 2010. In Kensington and Chelsea in central London, men can expect to live to 83.2 years on average.— the second highest rate in the U.K.“I’ve voted Labour all my life. [But it’s] false promises all the time, all the things he’s saying he can do,” John Potts, 68, said referring to Corbyn.

“He’s got a safe seat, he’ll win the seat. What I want to try and say is, ‘We’re not happy with your performance, we want you to do better for us.’” “You don’t want either of them to win really. At the minute, I wouldn’t vote and I can’t see me changing my mind.”Mike Hill, who has represented Hartlepool Parliament since 2017, is not fazed by the cold dark nights of campaigning that await him on the campaign trail. The Northeast is known for many things, but warm weather isn’t one of them.

“I wouldn’t say he is the dominant factor on the doorstep, but the focus in my mind will be on our manifesto pledges and I’m confident people will take to them and warm to them.”

 

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