Labour and Ukip stepped up their election campaigns in the crunch Stoke Central by-election with 10 days to go before voters head to the polls.
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall said: “Ukip winning in Stoke Central will be game, set and match for Brexit.
“Every voter in the constituency has the opportunity to send a powerful signal to Remain MPs sitting in Leave constituencies that they’d better not attempt to frustrate the will of the people.”
Some wards in Stoke were 81 per cent in favour of leaving the EU at the referendum, despite its former MP Tristram Hunt being firm for Remain.
Labour’s new elections co-coordinator, Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery, said he was “pretty confident” Labour could hold onto Stoke. However Gordon Brown’s top pollster, Deborah Mattinson said it could be a challenge: “What we don’t know about Stoke is how well organised Ukip can be.
“If they can’t win this seat then they can’t win any seat.”
