Since Corbyn’s election to head Labour in September, the party has seen a string of scandals involving alleged anti-Semitism, including at its Oxford University chapter, which is now the subject of a party probe. “Jeremy should accept those shadow cabinet elections as an olive branch and a way of getting unity within the party”.
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Gordon Brown has urged Labour MPs to rejoin Jeremy Corbyn’s frontbench team “for the good of the party and the country”, HuffPost has been told. We have a system at the moment of registered supporters being able to vote and those who are in unions affiliated to the party can also register to vote. Polls closed yesterday lunchtime and today the incumbent told Labour MPs the “slate will be wiped clean” after the contest.
Jane Chapman backed Corbyn out of loyalty in last year’s election, but she voted against him this time because Smith seemed more competent.
“I just think colleagues are in a better position to judge who makes a better member of the shadow cabinet team, because they watch everybody’s performance in the House so closely”.
A party spokeswoman declined to comment.
Mr Corbyn is widely expected to win the contest and has already vowed to “reach out” to fellow Labour MPs if re-elected.
On Mr Corbyn’s plan for Britain outside the European Union she replied: “I think if he has got the vision it’s not coming across sufficiently in the public sphere, in the media coverage, put it this way”.
Some Labour lawmakers have said they are thinking about creating a new centre-left party although analysts say most will do everything to avoid this.
“There will be no split in the Labour Party and I would suggest to anyone who wants a split that is the wrong way to go”, Mr Murray added.
In a documentary by the left-wing film director Ken Loach, he said: “There has to be a change in attitude on foreign policy”.
The leader responded on Tuesday, emphasising that he did not support compulsory redundancies and that “at this stage” no staff changes had been proposed.
“But he does want to appoint people and get then back to work and is trying to strongarm and persuade MPs back with a series of bi-lateral meetings”.
The video, “Five questions Corbyn supporters are exhausted of hearing”, was removed Wednesday night from YouTube, though it remains on Corbyn’s personal Facebook page in the videos section and not on the news feed. “I understand the strengths and the passions that many have and I invite them, if I get a second mandate on Saturday morning, to come on board, work together – as we have in the past and will in the future”.
“It’s time for everyone to unite, to get behind our leader and take the fight to the Tories”.
On Saturday, Labour’s mass membership will again endorse Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, proving beyond doubt that in politics there is no mistake so big that it can’t be made twice.
“It would be deeply hypocritical of the party to espouse the importance of staff representation in other organisations and companies and not to act itself to put into practice the demands it places on others”.
Corbyn was elected previous year and has strong support from the party grassroots.
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“We owe it to the millions of people Labour exists to represent to end the sniping and personal attacks, and work together for all those who depend on the election of a Labour government”, said Mr Corbyn.
