Mr Smith has indicated he backs the move while Mr Corbyn’s team has suggested the party could consider giving all party members a vote on the make-up of the shadow cabinet.
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An internal memo from rival Owen Smith’s camp says Mr Corbyn’s “moderate” opponent is now just six points behind on 39.85 per cent to 45.79 per cent. To laughter and boos, Smith claimed that he was incredibly confident of beating Corbyn when the result is announced on 24 September.
Labour Friends of Israel chair Joan Ryan said: “I am delighted that, alongside Jewish News, Jewish Labour Movement and JW3, LFI is once again providing an opportunity for members of the Jewish community to listen to, and question, the two candidates for the Labour party leadership”.
“You will see the wish of MPs to reflect the wishes of party members all over the country that there’s a coming together in order to oppose this Tory government”, he told the audience.
Labour would be out of power for a generation if he remains in post warned his challenger, who said he wants Labour to promise at the 2020 general election to take Britain back into the EU.
“We have to be a credible government-in-waiting and win the next election”.
He said he criticised the EU’s attempt to impose privatisation but argued that he still wanted access to the single market.
They urged the Labour leader to resign after it emerged that millions of Labour voters had ignored the party’s call to stay in the European Union.
A Labour spokesperson said decisions about expulsions are taken according to United Kingdom party rules, although pointed out that the panel which decides on individual suspensions – the NEC – has Scottish representatives on it.
Near the conclusion of the debate, a questioner asked about whether the candidates support the monarchy.
Mr Smith said: “It’s impossible for Jeremy Corbyn to speak with credibility on environmental policy”.
The Labour leader will hold a press conference in the Meadows before speaking at a rally on the Forest Recreation Ground. “I have spent my life opposing racism in any form, as have you”, Corbyn said, making clear he had never supported Hamas.
“How many people do the Labour Party employ, have they got enough people to listen to all of these hearings for these thousands of people who have been suspended?”
“But political leaders also need to commit to strong and effective means of enforcing those laws because if oversight is not to be provided by the EU Commission and the European Court of Justice in future, then the lead must come from government and the United Kingdom courts”.
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Theresa May branded Labour a “laughing stock” as she mocked Jeremy Corbyn over his summer train woes.
