Labour apologises to family of dead MP James Brokenshire after asking for his ...
Labour apologises to family of dead Tory MP James Brokenshire after asking for his vote in the by-election triggered by his death Labour was forced to apologise last night to the family of a deceased Tory MP The party asked for James Brokenshire's vote in the poll triggered by his death Labour campaigners addressed 'election communication' to late Mr Brokenshire MP for Bexleyheath and Crayford, David Evennett, called blunder 'insensitive'
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Labour was forced to apologise last night to the family of a deceased Tory MP after asking for his vote in the by-election triggered by his death.
In an extraordinary blunder, Sir Keir Starmer's party sent a 'Vote Labour' appeal to James Brokenshire who died last month after a brave battle with lung cancer.
The former Cabinet Minister's death, at the age of 53, has sparked a by-election in his former Old Bexley and Sidcup seat – with Labour seen as the main challengers for the December 2 poll.
But in their eagerness to overturn a huge Tory majority of nearly 19,000, Labour
