Alyn and Deeside:Why did media not cover Labour row?

Why has the Wasting Mule waited until now to come up with the scoop that Welsh Labour’s campaign in Alyn and Deeside was marred by an internal dispute between national officials and people loyal to Carl Sargeant and his son, Jack, 

They report just days after the result that 

Welsh Labour imposed Louise Magee, the general secretary of Welsh Labour who had a role in handing the complaints against Carl Sargeant over to UK Labour, as Jack Sargeant’s election agent.
Speaking after his election as the constituency’s Labour AM yesterday, Jack Sargeant himself said he would have preferred a local person as his agent.
Several sources have told us that negotiations took place between solicitors acting for the Sargeant family and solicitors acting for the Labour Party.
While the party would not budge from its insistence that Ms Magee, as general secretary of Welsh Labour, should be the election agent, a compromise was reached under which she was mainly based outside the constituency in Labour’s Wrexham office, coming to Alyn and Deeside as and when required to fulfil her duties as Jack Sargeant’s election agent.
One Labour politician close to the Sargeant family accused Welsh Labour of “riding roughshod” over their wishes.
Flintshire deputy leader Bernie Attridge said:

“I’m aware that Jack and his legal team made it quite clear to Welsh Labour that he didn’t want Louise Magee as his agent.
“Jack wanted to have his own agent but they wouldn’t allow that.
“I’m aware that they told him he had to have Louise Magee as his agent and there was a hint that if he didn’t go along with that he would not get endorsed by the WEC (Welsh Executive Committee) as the by-election candidate.
“Welsh Labour rode roughshod over the wishes of Jack and his family. I will never forgive them for that.”

Carl Sargeant is believed to have taken his own life four days after he was removed from his post as Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children.
A Labour Party spokesman said:

“As is always the case in by-elections, the Welsh Labour General Secretary acted as the agent for the Alyn and Deeside by-election.
“As the Labour Party made clear at the time, there was no reason why this should not be the case.
“The Welsh Labour campaign for Jack Sargeant’s election was a huge success, increasing the majority in the seat. It was a positive, engaging campaign that enjoyed the support of local members and supporters from across the UK.”

Asked whether he was disappointed that he had not been allowed to have a local agent, Mr Sargeant said:

“I think the campaign would have been nicer with a local agent. The local members wanted that.”

Told about Mr Attridge’s comments, he said:

“I think we’ve had a fantastic campaign. The Labour colleagues we’ve had have done a great job in helping us out.

 “The expertise of Bernie and others meant we could run a campaign that was as locally focused as possible.”

 Surely the Mules reporters were aware of this , or as the staffing levels fallen so low, they are unable to give even reasonable coverage if a Byelection outside Cardiff?

Indeed the media coverage of the By-election was so low that it possibly only Party members and those sad individuals like myself , who take an interest in such things were aware of it happening.

 It certainly suited the Labour Party that any sense of disharmony in the campaign  was not covered , whether this was by design, incompetence  or lack of manpower is a question we should ask, but don't expect an answer.