Writing in today’s Independent about Labour’s election defeat and his own possible leadership bid, Ed Balls praises a number of “great results, especially in local government”. He writes:
“We need to learn from our successes this year in local government, and in constituencies which stood firm against the Tory tide, like Edgbaston, Oxford East and Gedling, where councillors and MPs have been talking to voters in this way: winning the argument door by door and street by street, proving to people that we listen, that we are on their side and understand their concerns.”