Last month Naz Shah, the MP for Bradford West, was readmitted to the party after being suspended in April for antisemitic posts made in 2014.
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“The prosperity that a few enjoy is not shared by the many”, Corbyn will say. Looking at Bulgaria they appear to be aiming for 100% NGA coverage and this is set to mean 50% have access to 100 Mbps and 80% of businesses can get connections exceeding 100 Mbps. Corbyn said unilaterally giving up the weapons would encourage other countries to follow Britain’s lead, while Smith argued that renewing them gives the United Kingdom more leverage in disarmament negotiations. “That’s got to be a wake up call”.
Labour has been plunged into disarray since the Brexit vote on 23 June, when lawmakers dissatisfied at Corbyn’s leadership seized upon the turmoil that followed to demand that he step down.
Mr Smith said he led the Labour opposition to disability cuts, adding: “I know how to fight these Tories and I know how to win”.
Corbyn: “Why did you resign then?”
Council leader Cllr Terry O’Neill (LAB – Burtonwood and Winwick) said he has been pleased with challenger Mr Smith but admits the national issues have been “damaging” to the party.
He said nuclear weapons are the “ultimate weapon of mass destruction which indiscriminately kills” and said: “I want to live in a nuclear-free world”. We’re doing a lot of campaigning all over the UK.
Owen Jones, a left-wing commentator who pushed for Corbyn’s election a year ago, warned Labour needed a radical change of strategy to win back lost voters and reach new ones. Smith’s more nuanced, multilateralist views withered a little under the harsh glare of the hustings spotlights.
His voice rising, he added: “That means winning, it doesn’t mean trading our principles it mean winning to put them into practice – that’s what we have got to do, we are a Labour government in waiting, not a protest movement”. “We are a Labour government in waiting, not a protest movement”. That disunity and turmoil was on display on stage in Cardiff last night. “So I strongly advise against people talking about splits or against our party being divided after the election”.
Representing them in the High Court, Stephen Cragg QC accused Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) of unlawfully imposing a “freeze date” on membership. “This is a preparation for a general election when we can win that general election and produce decency and real opportunity for everybody in our society”, he said.
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Corbyn told the audience Labour lost the election in 2015 because Ed Miliband was advocating “austerity lite” and was “not offering a clear enough alternative to the British people”. “We’ve got to offer something different”. “He very plainly can not lead a party and his continued presence as Labour leader makes our ability to build an election-winning, social movement, the likes of which was saw in the late 90s and early 00s, harder not easier”.
