Mandy, you consider your election losses as failures. You: a woman who has been tempered in the blaze of her vision, and who doesn’t rationalise, blame or attack in the face of her losses.
Rather, she meets them with humility, guts, and grace. And self-disclosure. And she keeps going. I’ve never met that shape of political candidate before. Deep respect.
Next time when you do win, you’ll be the MP who lost twice and rocked up again. You’ll be taking all that gained self-wisdom, empathy and tenacity with you into office, as well as the courage, insanity and conviction that drove you to go again. It’s THAT which will truly inspire a constituency.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
