He did not criticise Mr Corbyn by name but his comments are understood to be a reference to the Corbyn campaign.
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Tony Blair should stand trial on charges of war crimes if the evidence suggests he broke global law over the “illegal” Iraq war in 2003, the Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has said.
Councillor Jabba Riaz says the situation which has developed around left winger Jeremy Corbyn is causing the party too much damage. The result is to be announced on September 12.
He wrote: “This is a defining moment”.
“We have a choice”.
“We’re backing Andy because we need a leader who will offer a real alternative to the Conservatives”.
Mr Dromey said it was not enough for Labour to insist it had the right policies because it also has to win a general election in order to help people.
“The fact that they seem more comfortable with the politics of the Tories than those of Mr Corbyn totally sums up the gulf between those at the top of the Labour hierarchy and ordinary working people”.
In what will be seen as a major boost to the Shadow Home Secretary’s campaign, given Mr Johnson’s popularity across the party, and a sign that the modernising wing believe only Ms Cooper can now stop Mr Corbyn, he argued only she had “the intellect, the experience and the inner steel” to succeed as leader. This is why we hold them to account when they promise to re-categorise Six Town Housing properties to mitigate the implementation of the bedroom tax, but do nothing about it.
Dismissing the personal criticism aimed at him, and rumours in Westminster that fellow Labour MPs could seek to oust him if he won, Mr Corbyn added: ” It is the name-calling, the depoliticisation of serious political debate that drives people away.
This comes as Ken Macintosh – who is also running for the Labour leadership in Scotland – warned senior Labour figures to “back off and let the members decide” as their attacks on Mr Corbyn intensify.
The shadow health secretary and the veteran left-winger, who have emerged as the two leading contenders in the contest, were fighting a battle of “big visions” about the future of the party and country, Mr Burnham said.
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Those who nominated Shadow Care Minister Liz Kendall included Birmingham Edgbaston MP Gisela Stuart and Wolverhampton MPs Emma Reynolds and Pat McFadden.
