West Midlands mayoral candidate seeks to tell a different Labour story

On the campaign trail in the Black Country, Siôn Simon struggles to distance himself from party’s internal struggles Siôn Simon, Labour’s candidate for the new job of West Midlands mayor, is out canvassing on a sunny day in the Black Country, trying to persuade residents to pick him as their choice for what he calls “a job that doesn’t yet exist”.Hamid and Basit Miah are Labour fans. They have invited Simon into their home and they perch smilingly alongs