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They gradually arrive at the hotel in the West Midlands region (central England) where they arranged to meet. Some take campaign materials out of their luggage racks before entering. They are activists for the Labor Party and their mission is to make Allison Gardner the next MP for the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency. Created in 1950, this constituency was Labor until 2017, the year in which which was won by the current parliamentarian, Jack Brereton, a re-candidate for the position.
Rushing to get votes – something that in the United Kingdom is done by knocking on doors, involving people as important as a former prime minister – they have little time to speak to the press. Nor are they very interested, with the progress they have in voting intentions, in risking any false gesture. They are, however, affable and optimistic. “We will win,†they say, in a chaotic room where pamphlets and posters are piled up. The legislative elections are on Thursday, July 4th.
