THE MANCHESTER MAYORAL RESULT HOLDS THE KEY FOR THE FUTURE OF PROGRESSIVE POLITICS | NEAL LAWSON

Voters on the left are more fragmented than ever – but they will pull together behind a convincing cross-party message The author is director of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass The results of the election… But only if they work together.

The Guardian reports that voters on the left are more fragmented than ever – but they will pull together behind a convincing cross-party message The author is director of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass The results of the election…

The report adds: But only if they work together.

The new mayor, Bev Craig, was elected using the supplementary vote, which uses voters’ second preference if no one wins more than half the vote in the first round.

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