MP Ian Austin weighed in too, suggesting Corbyn was “afraid” of debating his opponent, while Labour colleague Phil Wilson said the leader’s “incompetence won’t allow it”.
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Now I’ve been a member of my party since a teenager in 1982 and have fought the Labour Party for many years and I’m certainly no friend of Peterborough Labour Party – but I know many good and honourable Labour MPs and they deserve better than Jeremy Corbyn and his adolescent Trotskyist platitudes.
He received a boost from the Communication Workers Union which made a decision to back Mr Corbyn in the Labour leadership contest. Corbyn will face Smith in an official hustings on Thursday in Cardiff.
Mrs Hodgson says a change is needed at the top as Mr Corbyn’s leadership abilities have been found wanting at a time when needed most – and blasted him for being “nowhere to be seen” in the wake of Britain’s dramatic exit from the EU.
CWU general secretary Dave Ward hailed him as “a leader for the millions, not the millionaires”.
“Jeremy is very popular with Isle of Wight members”.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is coming to Brighton to address supporters at a rally on Tuesday (2 August).
He said: “The exact role of the Labour party organisation in how they have played it since the coup has been a controversial one”.
A source close to the Labour leader said the MP for Islington North would attend the official hustings arranged by the Labour party’s national executive committee, but that they withheld the right to reject additional events proposed by media organisations, even if Labour HQ had agreed to them.
“It’s highly regrettable that we have come to this. While I welcome the increased activity and interest in local Labour Party politics, the sooner our MPs get back to their real job, which is protecting and increasing the interests of working people and their families, the better”. Sadly, my experience on the doorsteps across the country is that crucial swing voters will never vote for a Labour Government led by Jeremy, and I have experienced this on the doorstep in Washington and Sunderland West also.
He called for unity in the Labour Party, adding he was determined to “take it to the Tories “. He lost the confidence of most colleagues in Parliament after the United Kingdom vote to leave the European Union, but has refused to stand down, citing overwhelming support from Labour Party members.
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We believe that the NEC decisions discussed above exacerbate tensions within the Party and send an unwelcome message to the public that the Labour Party is both undemocratic and opposed to open and free debate.
