The city MP, who joined the mass resignation by shadow ministers in Corbyn’s team when he stepped down as parliamentary private secretary to the shadow justice team, was widely quoted as having spoken out in front of more than 200 Labour colleagues.
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The Sheffield South East MP said bringing back Shadow Cabinet elections was “a pragmatic response to the situation we find ourselves in”.
Radcliffe, whose latest project sees him star as an undercover Neo-Nazi in United States thriller Imperium, also revealed Mr Corbyn reminded him of a favourite former teacher. “He conceded that it might put some pressure on the new leader, but it would also put pressure on some people who might not otherwise consider returning”.
That has forced the leader to promote many recently-elected MPs, and others with little or no frontbench experience, into key posts.
He added: “Jeremy has a pressing duty to think hard about what we are doing because we can not mistake mass rallies that Jeremy has gathered for the mass movement we need to gather – the mass movement of 12, 13 million people we need voting Labour in order to stop this from becoming a reality”.
No one spoke against Clive Betts’ proposal, and today’s vote by MPs is expected to endorse the move.
If the motion passes, it will then be up to Labour’s governing body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), to vote on the measure at their next meeting.
According to a YouGov poll published last week, Corbyn is set to win the leadership contest easily, and now has a 24 point lead over his opponent.
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Deputy leader Tom Watson, who is preparing a bid to overturn Labour’s “one person one vote” system, has signalled support for shadow cabinet elections.
