Journalist Paul Mason joins Labour race in Sheffield Central
by Helen Pidd North of England editor from World news | The Guardian on (#64VRS)
Mason and Eddie Izzard vying for nomination in safe seat but two local councillors seen as favourites
The former Channel 4 News economics editor Paul Mason has become the latest high-profile name to seek the Labour nomination to contest the safe Sheffield Central seat at the next general election.
Mason, an alumnus of Sheffield University who is closely associated with the Jeremy Corbyn era, joins the comedian Eddie Izzard, plus a local dentist, a Somali refugee, a former aid worker and several local councillors, in the race to replace Paul Blomfield, who is stepping down after 12 years as an MP.
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