Birmingham Yardley constituency: a closer look
Birmingham’s Yardley constituency has been in Labour’s hands since 2015: will the challengers come close to unseating Jess Phillips?
Read moreDetailsSamuel Kalantzis is a writer/editor based in Birmingham, UK. He was born and raised in Athens, Greece, with the dream of becoming a foreign correspondent with a focus on war journalism. He mainly writes feature and review articles, with a focus on international, political and local news.
Birmingham’s Yardley constituency has been in Labour’s hands since 2015: will the challengers come close to unseating Jess Phillips?
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