Advertisement 1 March 2013 at 11:17am Labour MP: Eastleigh result was 'disaster' for party The Labour backbencher Austin Mitchell has described Labour finishing fourth in the Eastleigh by-election "a disaster": Austin Mitchell @AVMitchell2010 Follow Eastleigh disaster. Labour needs a nationalist appeal. The nation is being betrayed,weakened and sold down river.We sd say so Read more: Labour Eastleigh candidate called a "loser" by his wife Last updated Fri 1 Mar 2013 Politics Labour Eastleigh Share Tweet Reddit