Grief at this Tory win can be overcome. Labour must harness the power of community | Frances Ryan

Progress lies in a sense of togetherness, forged in resistance to a decade of austerity. Labour needs to rebuild from the ground up

A week seems barely long enough for the dust to settle on this election. Watching Boris Johnson tour old Labour heartlands in recent days has been salt in the wound; a charlatan selling snake oil to those he'll betray before his new MPs have unpacked.

Anecdotal accounts of racist and homophobic abuse are already emerging as the country's bigots are emboldened.