Brecon signals the potential in a Remain alliance – and the futility of Labour’s timid Brexit stance

Editorial: The revival of the two big parties at the 2017 election has gone into reverse, and the Commons could easily see 100 non-Labour and non-Conservative MPs returned in an autumn general election

Properly speaking, the new MP for Brecon and Radnorshire, Jane Dodds, should style herself as the first parliamentary representative of the nascent Remain Alliance. It has a certain ring to it.

The Liberal Democrats would probably have won in any case, but the margin of victory would have been rather less convincing. Ms Dodds and Jo Swinson would do well to remember that, and to thank Green and Plaid Cymru supporters for supporting the greater good and leaving party rivalry aside.

Brecon set an excellent example of what could be achieved with a much closer alignment of the pro-Remain and pro-Final Say referendum parties.