Politics is a battle of ideas and if the voters don’t agree with yours they can let you know in no uncertain terms. We should all be thankful for that, even if as a Labour MP that message hurts right now.
However, despite this unforgiving political back-and-forth, throughout our recent history there has been an abiding commitment to the ideal of freedom that binds British people together. That ideal shouldn’t be the subject of debate, but the very platform that allows these debates to take place, transcending the political divides of the day.
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