If her two immediate predecessors as MP for Holborn and St Pancras are anything to go by, a bright political future awaits Labour’s newest MP Sagal Abdi-Wali.

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The Somalian refugee’s immediate predecessor was former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who represented the area for 11 years and performed one final u-turn last month when he resigned. Just weeks before that he had categorically committed to remaining an MP, very on brand.

Before that was the late-great Frank Dobson, the former mayoral candidate and Health Secretary who represented the area for over three decades.

In short, this seat bleeds red. But that’s not to underestimate the potential banana skin this contest could have been.

George Galloway, the former MP who claims to be living in “self-imposed exile” in Russia, did not set foot in the UK during the campaign. Indeed, the ex-Labour, ex-Respect, ex-Independent, ex-All For Unity, now Workers Party candidate got his........

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