Jon Trickett: “Farage is a sworn enemy of the working class. Trade union members will not be taken in by Farage's shameful and…”

I hope that this can be a moment where we can recover the sense that Labour is a party for social justice so those voters can come back.

The north’s voice has been heard. Andy Burnham’s win in Makerfield is a victory for the Labour movement as a whole which fought a properly organised campaign to defeat the toxic anti-working class politics of the far right.