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Who will win the Copeland by-election?

Labour face a tricky task in holding onto the seat. 

By Stephen Bush

What’s the Copeland by-election about? That’s the question that will decide who wins it.

The Conservatives want it to be about the nuclear industry, which is the seat’s biggest employer, and Jeremy Corbyn’s long history of opposition to nuclear power.

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