I would like to ask those people who are rejoining the Labour Party why they did not stay with the party and work for what they believe in within it?
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The poll indicated that Mr Corbyn’s margin of victory may be slightly narrower if just Mr Smith stood against him – 56% for Mr Corbyn and 34% for Mr Smith – but the result would still be a convincing victory for the incumbent. Now a mini-feud has broken out between the camps of rival contenders Angela Eagle and Owen Smith, with accusations of bullying and “sneaky tactics”. Those declared as of Monday are Chris Bryant, Wayne David, Chris Elmore, David Hanson, Carolyn Harris, Gerald Jones, Susan Elan Jones, Ian Lucas, Albert Owen, Christina Rees, Nick Smith, Owen Smith (presumably), Jo Stevens and Nick Thomas-Symonds.
Former home secretary Yvette Cooper told The Guardian: “Angela and Owen are both really talented and could do the job”. Labour’s leader in the Lords, Baroness Smith, could act as a scrutineer in the ballot.
One of her supporters, Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock, told Sky News there were “many lumps in throats” as she shared her personal story, and said she was clearly a “seasoned campaigner”. His rivals, however, insist that he, like other candidates, should be supported by at least 51 party MPs, which he can not be sure of, given last week’s no-confidence motion against him.
Labour should reverse its decision to prevent new members of the party from voting in the forthcoming leadership election, Jeremy Corbyn has said. The deadline is 5pm on Wednesday (20 July).
“That debate simply would not be taking place”.
There’s a growing sense of urgency among MPs.
“We are in a moment of crisis in Britain right now, not just in the Labour party”.
A source close to her said: “She’s not going to stand down”.
Mr Corbyn has refused to step aside. I am pro-prosperity. I am pro- standing up for working people’. “She has been a champion for women”, he said. Jeremy gave lots of good questions but he didn’t offer any answers. “Who the battering ram is doesn’t matter as much as getting rid of him”, one former Shadow Cabinet Minister said.
Over the a year ago serving loyally in the Shadow Cabinet, I led campaigns that stopped the Tories in their tracks, when they tried to cut tax credits for low-paid workers and support for disabled people.
Smith and Eagle were applauded when they arrived, but when Corbyn turned up a few minutes later, he was greeted with silence.
Smith said he would bring in a “proper ethical foreign policy”. Eagle criticised Corbyn for suggesting the formal process, known as Article 50, should be triggered swiftly.
That is why, in the aftermath of the June 23 referendum vote to Leave the European Union, at a time of acute crisis for British imperialism and with the potential break-up of the European Union posing a threat to North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and U.S. plans for staging military aggression against Russian Federation and China, the clique around Blair put into operation a predetermined plan to get rid of Corbyn.
Speaking in a separate interview with the BBC, Corbyn said he hopes party officials change those rules. Yet Londoners also need a united Labour party that can take on the Tories at a national level.
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Corbyn’s performance was not greeted with enthusiasm from his audience, with one MP remarking that the leader was “heard in nearly universal silence”.
