UK election: Conservatives and Labour fight for votes on the ‘red wall’ – BBC Newsnight

December 6, 2019 by News Desk

Will Brexit threaten tribal loyalties on the red wall – constituencies in the Midlands and the north of England that traditionally voted Labour?
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With six days to go, Conservative candidate Andrew Percy and Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon join Newsnight in Wakefield – a critical area in the upcoming election.

Wakefield has been Labour since 1932.

In the 2016 EU referendum, people here voted by nearly two thirds to leave.

Newsnight is the BBC’s flagship news and current affairs TV programme – with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews.

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