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They won partly because the Brexit Party stood, and split the Tory vote.
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That seams to be the narrative.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-48532869
But, he said, Labour's activists had managed to win by focusing on local issues.
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So Labour have won the Peterborough byelection, albeit with a 17% fall in vote share.
Would they have won in this strongly Leave area if they had taken a stronger line on Brexit? Or is this a sign that Corbyn's policy of accepting Brexit is not the only political issue might not be completely ridiculous?