Labour NI not allowed to stand candidates: “an abdication of responsible political leadership, at a time when we have a leadership void in NI” (updated)

Labour Party in Northern Ireland

The NI Conservatives didn’t miss when they issued a press statement titled: Labour Party Abandons People in Northern Ireland. Party spokesperson Bill Manwaring said: It’s pretty rich for Vernon Coaker to pontificate about how the government should respond to disorder in Northern Ireland when his party is not even prepared to stand candidates in elections here … Labour is opting out of engaging with Northern Ireland voters and the problems they face. This was in response to the decision by …

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