Labour picks teenager Ollie Middleton to challenge MP at election
Ollie Middleton, 18, has been selected as Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate in Bath, where the party has struggled to break the stranglehold of the Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster.
Mr Middleton, who founded Bath Young Labour, said he was “absolutely thrilled” to be chosen.
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