Dunfermline,
Remember the BNP’s electoral successes – such as they are – come from exploiting the forgotten people in Labour’s modern-day rotten boroughs. They were the first to spot the trend now appearing: that a “safe” seat is only safe if no one bothers to campaign there. Labour has allowed its safe seats to become terra incognita: it has no canvass returns, presence on the ground or (crucially) a discernable mission.

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