John Rentoul: Labour’s by-election wins are ‘second coming of Blairism’

Labour’s double by-election victory is the “second coming of Blairism,” The Independent’s chief political commentator John Rentoul has said.

Huge Tory majorities were overturned in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, the latter of which was the biggest in British by-election history.

“These are the sort of results Tony Blair got as leader of the opposition,” Mr Rentoul told TalkTV on Friday, 20 October.

“It suggests that Labour is heading for that kind of swing in a general election... We’re not talking about an absolutely huge Labour majority... but it’s certainly looking pretty good for them.”