RIP Ashok Kumar

Welcome back. Unfortunately, my latest post concerns an occurrence that reminds us how unimportant political alignment can be: the Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, Ashok Kumar, has died suddenly aged 53. Tributes to him can be found here: he was the local MP for 13 years, and will be sorely missed.

Not sure what impact that'll have politically: for now, it doesn't matter. A sad loss for both Labour and Middlesbrough.

Chris