[Tom4784]

It's dumb especially considering the candidate will be smeared for his past and likely his age because the voting audience for a by-election will skew older than a typical major election.

Labour needs to focus on rebuilding itself and it's image for the next election, the way things are going, the Tories will lose a lot anyway so this just feels pointless. Let time work it's magic and focus on fixing Labour so that it can challenge the Farage Party.