Barbara Follett, MP for Stevenage
One of those on the list
Labour is giving up on vulnerable seats and diverting resources to defend constituencies in its heartlands, according to MPs.
Serious financial problems have left labour having to reorganise their election strategy and some MPs are saying labour's HQ us refusing to help seats with majorities of less than 3,000. They have identified about 60 - all in England.
Barbara Follett (above) is one of those at risk but her wealthy husband will possibly come to her aid, not for the first time.
The top 20 seats with the most disaffected Labour voters:
Walsall
North Knowsley*
Plymouth Moor View*
Birmingham Northfield
Telford
Bristol East
Crawley
Thurrock
Stevenage
Dudley North
Cannock Chase
Erewash
Amber Valley
Southampton Itchen
Copeland
Sherwood
Dudley South
Harlow
Workington
Ipswich
* Constituency faces abolition or boundary changes at next election
So Scotland, gird your loins because labour will be throwing much of their £18m campaign chest at you it would seem. A strange campaign chest though with £2m of it being a loan converted to a donation and £15m in borrowing and credit facilities. Gordon Brown, man of prudence, is leader of a party with £15m of debt. What would the country look like if we had a spendthrift as PM?
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