The election result last Thursday was incredibly disappointing, and I’d be foolish to suggest otherwise. Not only was it a devastating loss for the party to lose Jo and other colleagues, both old and new, but the Conservatives’ majority will be a devastating blow for many more across our country.

Boris Johnson will now use this majority to tear us from the European Union and we must be ready to hold him to account on all the consequences that come with that, every step of the way. While the Labour Party are in an internal crisis of confidence, there must be an effective opposition ready to scrutinise and oppose Boris Johnson’s disastrous agenda for our country. We already know from just a few days under