3,000 Labour Activists to Flood UK By-Election, Risking Voter Backlash
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Up to 3,000 Labour campaigners, including cabinet ministers and MPs, are set to flood the Makerfield constituency to support candidate Andy Burnham in Thursday’s by-election. The massive turnout has sparked concern among organizers that the swarm of activists may overwhelm local voters.
Local hotels are fully booked. Party members will be sent to polling stations, bus stops, and school gates to hand out leaflets, deliberately avoiding voters’ doorsteps to prevent annoyance.