The frontrunner of the Labour leadership contest, Andy Burnham, will try to turn Labour infighting to his advantage by warning the Labour party has become “frightened of its own shadow” and would lack the courage to create the NHS today. But that does not mean walking away, but staying to fight together for a better Europe.’.
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“Women face abuse, mistreatment and persistent discrimination, and they face it in work, at home and on our streets”, said Mr Corbyn.
Mr Corbyn said his campaign had attracted the support of many young people who think “there needs to be a challenge to the cross-party agreement that was about around on variations of austerity in the general election”.
After second preferences are distributed, his lead narrows to 51% compared with Ms Cooper on 49%.
The bearded 66-year-old’s blushes came as he launched his policies on gender equality with a promise to have a 50% female shadow cabinet and “work towards” ensuring half of Labour MPs are women.
The next and final stage of the contest is the postal ballot starting on August 14 with votes to be submitted by September 10.
Speaking to the BBC, Corbyn addressed the concerns saying he only wanted “genuine Labour supporters” to vote for him.
Labour is searching for a new leader after Ed Miliband resigned in May in the wake of the centre-left party’s heaviest election loss since 1987, at the hands of Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives.
The interim Labour leader said “rigorous due diligence” was being undertaken by Labour staff, and the electoral system introduced in 2014 was less open to manipulation than its predecessor, which allowed opponents of Labour to vote without any checks.
He also has the support of several unions, including Unite, the largest in the UK. There is a good chance that most are genuinely enthused, and many are likely to vote for Corbyn.
Acting leader Harriet Harman has been urged to suspend the leadership race amid fears it is being warped by a wave of hard-left “infiltrators”.
Ms Kendall told Mumsnet the contest sometimes “felt a bit 1970s or even 1950s” following controversies over whether the women candidates were strong enough to lead the party.
Measures outlined in the document include forcing companies to publish equal pay audits and moving towards universal free childcare. “We have a painfully long way to go before that’s the case”.
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“I’m a feminist; women should be judged by their ideas, their values, and what they have to contribute, not by what they wear, what they look like, or their family situation or relationships”, added the Leicester MP. “Yet they disproportionately shoulder our unpaid care work, the daily grind of surviving on low pay, and the pain of cuts that have closed domestic violence shelters and left them with no safe haven”.
