Figures for Ireland and Greece haven’t been released yet, but that hardly makes much difference to where the UK is on this graph. (H/T: Will Straw at Left Foot Forward)
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Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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