Trigger ballots prove an unwelcome distraction for under-fire Labour MPs

Last year’s Labour party conference. Some MPs have cancelled plans to attend this year’s event in Brighton to spend longer campaigning at home. Photograph: James McCauley/REX/ShutterstockAutumn in Westminster is likely to be one of the most exhausting periods of British politics in recent history – late-night votes on Brexit preparations, attempts to thwart no deal, a potential confidence vote in a Boris Johnson administration and an ever-more likely snap general election. But