A shadow minister who quit her post in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour leadership a month ago has unresigned.
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But Mr Corbyn has accepted her request to resume the role, and a spokesman for the Labour leader opened the door for others who resigned to follow suit.
Leadership challenger Owen Smith – the former shadow work and pensions secretary – said the party was on “its knees” and could split if Mr Corbyn remained at the helm.
“She is very passionate about her brief and we have got a job to do opposing the Government and obviously we are very pleased to be welcoming her back”, they said.
Jeremy Corbyn told an audience in Salford that he symbolised a break from Labour’s past of equivocating about helping the most vulnerable in society, while rejecting the concerns of 80% of his fellow MPs who say that they have lost confidence in his leadership.
She added at the time that she was not part of any “coup” against Mr Corbyn, but that she thought “Jeremy’s position is no longer tenable if we’re to be effective”.
Seema Malhotra has accused aides to shadow chancellor John McDonnell of entering her House of Commons office without permission leaving her staff feeling “intimated”.
ABUSIVE Labour supporters will lose their leadership contest vote, the party’s general secretary said yesterday.
Mr McDonnell said there was a “small group” within the party responsible for the current turmoil which has seen it beset by allegations of bullying, intimidation and abuse.
More than 183,000 people paid the fee during the 48-hour window for such applications last week.
“Put plainly, there is simply too much of it taking place and it needs to stop”.
The group of female MPs, including former shadow ministers Heidi Alexander, Paula Sherriff and Kerry McCarthy, say intimidation has been carried out in Corbyn’s name.
One of the most freaky assertions yet from a Labour Party coup supporter is Harriet Harman’s ridiculous assertion that Jeremy Corbyn is guilty of driving a wedge between Labour MPs and the Labour Party membership.
“I know some people are angry at the actions of some MPs, but where we have disagreement in the Labour party we settle it through democratic means”.
The unit polled 350 Labour councillors across the 250 most marginal parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom – the 125 seats Labour won and the 125 seats Labour lost by the lowest margins in the 2015 general election.
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Thirty-eight per cent thought the majority of their local members will vote for Mr Corbyn, compared to 28 per cent voting for Mr Smith, and 53 per cent thinking the majority of their local registered supporters are likely to back Corbyn.
