The three pledges they want Mr Corbyn to back include an “unequivocal” statement condemning campaigning outside offices, a promise to “actively challenge” abusive supporters and make senior figures “accountable” for attending events where abusive behaviour appears.
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Party whip Conor McGinn said that after being annoyed by his comments to The House Magazine, the Labour leader considered calling Mr McGinn’s father in a bid to put pressure on him.
Mr Corbyn told Sky News that he was “very surprised and very disappointed” that Labour MPs should accuse him of bullying. “Unfortunately, my wish to appoint her as one of her arts spokespersons was informed to her when it shouldn’t have been”.
He said: “I have never been bullied by Jeremy, Jeremy is… very softly spoken and very calm in his manner”.
Mr Smith, the former shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, and only challenger to Corbyn is very concerned about the future of the party which is “teetering on the brink of extinction” and could even disappear form the political landscape if it splits after the leadership contest.
“It’s now become commonplace in the Labour party, so something has gone badly wrong under his watch”. “With the oncoming boundary changes, which will reduce the number of constituencies, some of those selections will inevitably be contested as there will be more than one sitting MP”.
She has cancelled constituency surgery meetings, a brick was thrown through her office window and her local Wallasey constituency Labour Party has been suspended amid bullying claims.
‘I don’t do any abuse, I don’t do any bullying, I don’t allow it to be done in any of my campaigning teams’.
McGinn, who used to live in Corbyn’s constituency, said in the interview: “I love London, and it’s a fantastic city, and Islington is a great place, but it’s not like the rest of the country”.
Corbyn vowed to tackle the “five ills of 21st century Britain”, which he listed as inequality, neglect, prejudice, insecurity and discrimination.
The battle for control of the party – seen as a shootout between the party’s more moderate and socialist factions – will determine Labour’s political priorities as Britain sets about negotiating its exit from the European Union.
It is hard to imagine anyone more removed from the values of Jeremy Corbyn than David Miliband and unless councillor Green wants a return to the failed policies of the New Labour project, I suggest she reviews her analysis of the present situation.
The name of the Party Leader, chosen by members who joined before 12 January this year together with people who paid £25 this week to become a Registered Supporter, will be announced on 24 September.
“When I went back to Westminster, I discovered that he had sacked me but hadn’t told me and did not have any ideas for how I was supposed to explain it to Bristol West members or constituents”.
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If the same numbers turn out this year, it means that the selection of Labour’s new leader could be decided by more than 643,000 voters.
