And 29% of those backing Mr Smith warned they would leave the party if the incumbent wins the race, while 36% of Mr Corbyn’s supporters would do the same if he loses.
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A summer coup by his colleagues and “Traingate” have done nothing to dampen down grassroots support for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who is set to win the leadership contest of his party with an increased mandate.
Donated to his campaign by a local coach firm owner, the battle bus will visit marginal Labour seats – including ones where the party lost out to the Tories a year ago.
Glasgow MSP James Kelly, a member of the Rutherglen CLP, also backed the MP for Pontypridd: “I’m delighted the Rutherglen CLP are supporting Owen Smith in the leadership election”.
The deadline for ballot papers to be returned is September 21 and the result is expected to be announced on September 24.
Corbyn also spoke about how so many people in the United Kingdom are even still quite frightened of embracing new technology, even going on to claim that some United Kingdom government MPs even do not turn on their computers because they do not know how to.
Socialist Resistance has asked supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to tell us what they think are the most important things he has achieved in the last year and what their hopes are for the year ahead.
She said the “strength” of the Labour membership had become something to fear rather than celebrate.
“There is now just under a month until the leadership election and party members will be hoping to see support for Owen Smith in the coming weeks to propel him to victory in this contest”.
Since that time the number of members and registered supporters has soared by some 450,000.
Following the Brexit vote, she said Scotland did not need “more turmoil, more upheaval and more economic chaos”, which she said would result from a second referendum.
Labour will hold a special conference on Saturday, September 24, the eve of its main party conference, to announce the victor.
Mr Corbyn, who became embroiled in a public row with Virgin Trains after the company released footage of him walking past unoccupied seats before being filmed sitting on the floor complaining about how “ram-packed” carriages were, also called for a clamp-down on “unwarranted snooping” via CCTV.
Mr McDonnell said the decision to suspend bakers’ union chief Ronnie Draper was “shocking” and accused party officials of “double standards”.
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THE SHADOW Chancellor, MP John McDonnell, will speak at a Labour Party event this Friday. “The conduct of this election must be fair and even-handed”.
