Jeremy Corbyn ahead of The Labour Party's general election manifesto launch in Birmingham earlier today

OPINION | This election for the West Midlands will be decided on anger and desperate need for change

Coming back to my hometown of Birmingham this week has made realise that this upcoming election, often valorised as an “once in a generation” vote, is even more unpredictable and volatile in the West Midlands than anywhere else in the UK. Statistically speaking, our region can be likened to a volcanic blackhole. The Brexit battle…

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Owen Smith MP has said he would "consider" resigning from Labour under Jeremy Corbyn despite previously declaring he wouldn't

Owen Smith MP considers quitting Labour, despite previously declaring ‘There’s no alternative outside the party’

Member of Parliament Owen Smith has said he is considering quitting the Labour Party, over Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of Brexit. However, in 2016, he told I Am Birmingham he was “Labour to my boots” and “there’s no alternative… outside the Labour Party that can deliver for working people”; agreeing that resigning was “a drastic reaction”.

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A guerilla artist has painted Jeremy Corbyn's face over a prominent billboard in Birmingham

Birmingham artist paints Jeremy Corbyn’s face on massive billboard during Tory conference

Guerilla artist Void One has hijacked another Birmingham billboard, and this time plastered it with the face of Jeremy Corbyn, as the Conservative Party conference began in the city. As Prime Minister Theresa May led the Tory gathering at the International Convention Centre in Broad Street, a new work of protest art went up in Digbeth, emblazoned with an image of Labour Party leader…

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Here’s 20 photos of Jeremy Corbyn having a bostin’ time in the Black Country!

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited Walsall Beeches Club this week, addressing a cheering  and over-capacity crowd of Walsall residents. The Labour leader was kicking off Labour’s programme of community organising in Walsall North – which will be led by Labour’s parliamentary candidate in the constituency, Gill Ogilvie – but unsurprisingly, so many people had turned up to see…

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