‘We’re taxing non-doms, not condoms!’: Labour strives to reconnect with disengaged voters

Labour’s Karl Turner, who is standing for re-election in Hull East: ‘The big problem is if you’re in a low-wage economy, then people have got bigger things to worry about.’ Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

Even during a general election campaign with projections of historic – even unprecedented – results, people cannot always be relied upon to give their full attention.

“We met a guy who said he was going to vote Labour but wouldn’t now because he had just heard that we were taxing condoms,” said Labour’s Karl Turner, who was first voted in as the MP for Hull East in 2010 and is standing for re-election this time.