<p><b><i>Broken Heartlands</i> is an essential and compelling political road-trip through ten constituencies that tell the story of Labour’s red wall, by Sebastian Payne – an award-winning journalist and Whitehall Editor for the <i>Financial Times</i>.</b><br><br><b><i>The Times</i> Political Book of the Year<br>A <i>Daily Telegraph</i>,<i> Guardian</i>,<i> Daily Mail </i>and </b><b><i>FT </i>B</b><b>ook of the Year</b><br><b>'</b><b>Immensely</b><b> readable' - </b><i><b>Observer</b></i><br><br>Historically, the red wall formed the backbone of Labour’s vote in the Midlands and the North of England but, during the 2019 general election, it dramatically turned Conservative for the first time in living memory, redrawing the electora