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Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist, formerly BBC social affairs editor. Her latest book An Uneasy inheritance, my family and other radicals is out in June
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The byelection here in Holborn and St Pancras is Labour's to lose. But lose it might

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You might think a byelection showdown between two progressive parties is unimportant when the deep struggle for the national heart is between the right bloc and the left – but the result in Holborn and St Pancras matters. It matters for Andy Burnham and Labour because this is a test of the Burnham bounce: he saw off the right in Makerfield – can he win over the left too? Can he show he has enthusiastic approval from voters in southern constituencies as well as those in the north?
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Unlike Keir Starmer, Andy Burnham promises us that things will get better. And we must believe they can

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By Polly Toynbee Verified
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Of all the epithets thrown at a new prime minister, “people-pleaser” bounces off Andy Burnham. After all, the polls have him with a favourability rating of +13 , making him the only party leader who scores above zero. His manner as he responded to all 125 of his questioners on his first Commons appearance this week had a warmth and empathy that his predecessor lacked. It's a natural timbre, a good bedside manner for an uneasy country. Keir Starmer's rating as he left office was .
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Nimbys can't stand in the way of Labour's legacy: a 21st-century new town boom

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By Polly Toynbee Verified
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New towns will again be a lasting Labour legacy, just as in the eras of Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson. Those monuments to optimism, created in the mid-20th century by pulling down slums and building better, will be joined by seven more in an attempt to ease the housing crisis.
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