The result of the Caerphilly by-election will have come as no surprise to most students of politics. However, the magnitude of the result will have sent shock waves, not only through the valleys of South Wales, but also across the length and breadth of the UK.
It looks as though, for the time being, Labour politics have been thrown into the dustbin of anonymity and that the way back, will be long and tortuous for years to come, unless PM Starmer and Labour start to understand a phrase coined by James Carville, when advising President Bill Clinton - “It's the economy stupid” - in his successful run for the White House, back in 1992.
