The latest opinion polls make uncomfortable reading, with one by ICM putting the Conservatives 16 points ahead, while a YouGov survey found 29 percent of Labour voters would prefer May to Corbyn as prime minister.
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“There was great concern that Hartlepool’s MP Iain Wright had been involved in the Parliamentary Labour Party’s attempt to force Jeremy Corbyn to resign as leader and a feeling that this demonstrated the disconnection between the PLP and the grassroots party membership”.
He added: ‘We want to raise awareness towards the plight of fathers and I want Jeremy Corbyn to think about what his position is on shared parenting’. He is one of the most ambitious career politicians I have met.
Brendan Toomey, Merthyr Tydfil Labour council leader, is backing Owen Smith. “But we are yet to hear any of the detail of their plans to close the pay gap, protect funding for services that protect women and girls from violence, and end gender discrimination”.
“It is us in local government who are the troops and on the frontline – we are the ones that interact with our communities”.
“Most people in the country don’t think the Labour Party is going places, most people think Labour has lost credibility in recent years and lost further credibility in recent months”, he said.
“If they need anyone knocking at the doors it is us they turn to. I think we’ve moved on from that style of politics”.
“Whatever happens now, happens”.
“We are not behaving like comrades to each other in this party”, he said.
Lord Rodgers of Quarry Bank told The Times: “We had a clear objective and were able to find our way ahead”.
“But in Warrington there are no issues”.
Meanwhile, a High Court judge hearing the test case of five Labour members who are challenging the decision to block them from voting in the contest because they joined after January 12 said he will give his ruling on Monday.
Both men are promising to strengthen workers’ rights, tackle inequality and low wages, invest in infrastructure and nationalise the railways, but Mr Smith insists only he can appeal beyond Mr Corbyn’s left-wing support base.
Mr Smith, on the other hand, said Britain should have a second referendum and talked about how bad Brexit would be for Britain.
Steve Cooke, organiser for Momentum Teesside, said: “The discussion that followed involved contributions from many of those present”.
William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe said: “Mr Corbyn has emerged from the opening round with a points lead over his opponent, according to political punters, and seems to be heading for another knockout victory”.
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The plans were among 10 pledges announced by the Labour leadership contender today, but the RLA believes that introducing controlled rents would inevitably reduce the supply of rental homes, worsening the United Kingdom housing crisis.
