“Without a hint of irony, one senior aide asked that I remove the greeting “Chag Kasher VeSameach” from Corbyn’s Passover message, for fear that Corbyn’s supporters might think the use of Hebrew “Zionist”.
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He has already promised to hold a second referendum on European Union membership but his willingness to take Britain into the single market and join the 26 countries in the Schengen area – which allows European Union nationals to move freely without having to show passports – will risk alienating many Eurosceptic Labour voters.
The Prime Minister claimed she would not invoke Article 50, beginning the formal process of leaving the European Union, until next year at the earliest.
The Labour leadership challenger has previously promised to push for a new referendum on the terms of any Brexit deal if he defeats Jeremy Corbyn, but on Sunday went further.
Marr pointed out that this could mean Britain joining the euro and Schengen.
Mr Smith accused Mr Corbyn of being “comfortable” leading Labour in opposition but claimed he did not believe he could ever be prime minister.
He added: “The key thing is they’ve [the Conservatives] not said definitively [when we will leave] – a couple of weeks ago they were briefing it might not be until 2019 because they trigger Article 50”.
JEREMY Corbyn marks a year as Labour leader today – as a new analysis reveals the party’s poll ratings are the worst it has ever had in opposition.
Mr Smith said he could support the move if the United Kingdom was in recession or the NHS was “on its knees”. “It depends when this happens”, he said.
“After I did the interview with you and I got suspended I couldn’t walk down the street for people stopping me and saying ‘we know what you said is true – don’t give in to them, ‘” said Livingstone, in comments quoted by the Jewish Chronicle.
He insisted they would listen to critics and attempt to learn the lessons of splits in the party if the left-winger is re-elected.
Labour has been hit by a string of anti-Semitism rows in recent months, prompting Jeremy Corbyn to ask Shami Chakrabarti to carry out an inquiry into the issue. “No sign of our leader”.
But they will demand significant concessions for agreeing to return to the frontbench.
Despite Mr Smith’s insistence that he can be named leader when the results are announced on September 24, Mr Corbyn is the firm favourite to retain his post, prompting speculation that numerous senior MPs who quit shadow cabinet roles could seek a return to the top team.
Gail Smith and the team stormed to victory in Sheffield Mosborough, going from 4 place to taking the seat from Labour with 45.6% of the vote – an increase of +34.2% since the seat was last contested in May!
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But the vote is not binding and the reform will need the backing of the ruling National Executive Committee and the party’s conference before it can be introduced.
