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Article: Labour MPs' support for Crewe poll's 'toff' strategist.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- May 23, 2008
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Byline: By Jonathan Walker Political Editor
Birmingham's Labour MPs have rallied around embattled colleague Steve McCabe, who masterminded Labour's by-election campaign in Crewe.
In a warning against making Mr McCabe a scapegoat, they insisted he should not be blamed for the Government's difficulties at the polls.
The MPs were speaking last night before the votes had been counted in Crewe, where Labour was defending a 7,000 majority. A number of opinion polls were suggesting the Conservatives were likely to win the seat.
Mr McCabe (Lab ...