He said: “First and foremost this is a process within the Labour party”.
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Mr Corbyn said the Conservatives should scrap the reductions in corporation tax and capital gains tax announced in the last Budget in order to safeguard Personal Independence Payments for the disabled. However, we have seen the opposite. However, the capacity of my party to unite, reconfigure, cohere and keep moving forward without all out civil war is astonishing: like that of a political Doctor Who.
“I say to them: “think on, and think again”.
“The greatest cuts have happened in areas of greatest need and Hull is one of those”.
Barbara shares this latest news from the recent Labour Party members rally . While Labour lawmakers say they are focussed on saving the party rather than splitting, they also acknowledge it will be hard. “Unless something is done, something directly happens, then I just can’t see how I could stay”, said Phillips. “We can stick it out and make the right choice”.
The meeting, called by local members of Labour’s grassroots network, Momentum, and chaired by Labour councillor Geoff Lumley (Newport East), was called at short notice by Labour Party members seeking to mobilise support for Mr Corbyn, who is being challenged for the party leadership by Owen Smith MP.
Washington and Sunderland West MP joined the growing revolt against Mr Corbyn after resigning from her position as Labour’s Shadow Minister for Children earlier this month.
Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith will be branded the “disunity” candidate unless he condemns talk of a split in the party, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has warned.
On Friday night over a thousand people of all ages gathered in York to hear Jeremy Corbyn speak at an outdoor rally ahead of the Labour Party leadership elections.
However, the Labour leader has vowed to continue in his post.
Other ideas are clearly in step with Mr Corbyn’s thinking, although Mr Smith has laid out more detailed plans.
Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence before fellow MPs triggered the contest.
He spoke of the “co-ordinated resignation” of more than 60 MPs over the course of a week in an attempt to persuade him to resign but insisted he had been given a mandate by party members.
“I hope they will understand this style is a more open, more inclusive way of doing things”, he said.
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In a wide-ranging speech, touching on mental health services, workers’ rights and homelessness, the Labour leader paid tribute to all those who supported the Hillsborough families and “braved the abuse, the nastiness, the horror of what the Murdoch press can do”.
