Today Norwich South Labour Party met to select their candidate for the next General Election.
A local BBC TV news and politics presenter, Clive Lewis is considered to be on the centre-left of the party. He’s a former soldier – and fought in Afghanistan – but was against the Iraq War. He’s also – as you’d expect from his job – a polished media performer.
Congratulations to Clive and commiserations to the other candidates.
Mark Ferguson
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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