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Lisa Nandy has said she would maintain key pledges from Labour’s election manifesto, including the abolition of university of tuition fees and the denationalisation of Royal Mail.
In her first major television interview, the Wigan MP, one of five contenders vying to replace Jeremy Corbyn, also said she opposed a second Scottish independence vote, insisting voters had “enough of referendums”.
Her remarks came as a poll of party members by the LabourList website and Survation suggested Rebecca Long-Bailey, the left-wing shadow business secretary, is narrowly ahead in the contest.
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Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Neil show, Ms Nandy insisted that most of the policies in Labour’s 2019 election manifesto “were reasonably popular”, but that the party failed to properly articulate them during the campaign.
“For example, there was a pledge on free broadband. It wasn’t very well explained, but it was a very good policy,” she said.
1/11 Keir Starmer
The former director of public prosecutions undoubtedly has announced that he is standing for the leadership. He is highly-regarded by both left-wingers and centrists in the party. As Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, he played a key role in the party’s eventual backing of a second referendum.
Before becoming an MP, he was a human rights lawyer – conducting cases in international courts including the European Court of Human Rights. Launching his bid, Starmer said that Labour must listen to the public on how to change “restore trust in our party as a force for good.”
A YouGov poll places him comfortably in the lead as the preferred candidate of 36% of party members
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2/11 Jess Phillips
The MP for Birmingham Yardley has launched her bid for the leadership, saying the party should elect a “different kind of leader.” A YouGov poll shows Phillips polling in third place behind Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long Bailey with 12% of first preference votes. Phillips has been an outspoken critic of Corbyn and members of his shadow cabinet. She made no mention of policy in her opening campaign message, focusing instead on how she would lead the party and her personal characteristics. Phillips said that Labour need to realise that politics has changed in a “fundamental way” as she set out to challenge Boris Johnson “with passion, heart and precision.”
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3/11 Rebecca Long Bailey
A key ally of the current left-wing leadership of the party, the Salford & Eccles MP is viewed in some quarters as the natural successor to Mr Corbyn and describes herself as a “proud socialist”. Highly regarded by the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell. She won also won plaudits for her performance filling in for Corbyn both at prime minister’s questions and during the general election debates.
The shadow business secretary grew up by Old Trafford football ground and began her working life serving at the counter of a pawn shop.
Launching her leadership bid, Long Bailey said the party needs to make the positive case for immigration as a “positive force.” She also broke with Corbyn over Trident, saying “If you have a deterrent you have to be prepared to use it.”
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4/11 Lisa Nandy
Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has announced she wil stand for the leadership. In a letter to the Wigan Post she said she wanted to bring Labour “home” to voters in its traditional strongholds who have abandoned the party. Nandy went on to say that she understands “that we have one chance to win back the trust of people in Wigan, Workington and Wrexham.” A YouGov poll shows that Nandy is the first preference for 6% of partymembers.
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5/11 Emily Thornberry
Corbyn’s constituency neighbour and friend, Emily Thornberry, has been critical of the party’s Brexit stance, but has remained loyal to the leadership and has represented the Labour Party on various overseas visits.
The 59-year-old was brought up on a council estate near Guildford in Surrey by her mother when her father, a human rights lawyer and academic, walked out on his family. “I was born into the Labour Party,” she once said. “I was delivering leaflets by the age I could reach the letter box.”
First elected as MP for Islington South in 2005, the shadow foreign secretary has launched her bid for the leadership, but the party may be looking for a leadership outside its London stronghold.
After winning back her seat in same venue as Corbyn, she said: “We may be hurting tonight but we are not beaten. We will tell Boris Johnson no our fight is not over, our fight is just starting.”
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6/11 Angela Rayner – Deputy leadership
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has joined the contest for deputy leadership of the party. After ruling herself out of running for the leadership, the Ashton-under-Lynne MP launched her bid for deputy warning that Labour faces the “biggest challenge” in its history and must “win or die.” She is close with leadership contender Rebecca Long Bailey
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7/11 Rosena Allin-Khan – Deputy leadership
Shadow sport minister Rosena Allin-Khan said Labour need to listen with “humility” to lost voters as she launched her bid for the deputy leadership. Writing in The Independent, the MP for Tooting refelcted: “We shouldn’t have ignored the warning signs in Scotland, and now we’ve paid the price in northern England, across the midlands and in Wales.”
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8/11 Dawn Butler – Deputy leadership
Shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler was first to announce her bid for the deputy leadership. The Brent Central MP has served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet since 2016
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9/11 Ian Murray – Deputy leadership
Labour’s only MP in Scotland said that the architects of the party’s “catastrophic failure” in the December election can not be allowed to lead the party forward
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10/11 Khalid Mahmood – Deputy leadership
Shadow foreign minister Mahmood said living in the West Midlands puts him in the ideal place to win back lost voters as he launched his bid for the deputy leadership. “I’m not part of the metropolitan elite but in Birmingham, the workshop of Britain. I want to rebuild our country and the Labour Party.”
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11/11 Richard Burgon – Deputy leadership
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon is standing as a continuity candidate, flaunting his loyalty to Jeremy Corbyn and saying it is wrong to blame the current leader for the election defeat
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1/11 Keir Starmer
The former director of public prosecutions undoubtedly has announced that he is standing for the leadership. He is highly-regarded by both left-wingers and centrists in the party. As Labour’s shadow Brexit secretary, he played a key role in the party’s eventual backing of a second referendum.
Before becoming an MP, he was a human rights lawyer – conducting cases in international courts including the European Court of Human Rights. Launching his bid, Starmer said that Labour must listen to the public on how to change “restore trust in our party as a force for good.”
A YouGov poll places him comfortably in the lead as the preferred candidate of 36% of party members
EPA
2/11 Jess Phillips
The MP for Birmingham Yardley has launched her bid for the leadership, saying the party should elect a “different kind of leader.” A YouGov poll shows Phillips polling in third place behind Keir Starmer and Rebecca Long Bailey with 12% of first preference votes. Phillips has been an outspoken critic of Corbyn and members of his shadow cabinet. She made no mention of policy in her opening campaign message, focusing instead on how she would lead the party and her personal characteristics. Phillips said that Labour need to realise that politics has changed in a “fundamental way” as she set out to challenge Boris Johnson “with passion, heart and precision.”
PA
3/11 Rebecca Long Bailey
A key ally of the current left-wing leadership of the party, the Salford & Eccles MP is viewed in some quarters as the natural successor to Mr Corbyn and describes herself as a “proud socialist”. Highly regarded by the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell. She won also won plaudits for her performance filling in for Corbyn both at prime minister’s questions and during the general election debates.
The shadow business secretary grew up by Old Trafford football ground and began her working life serving at the counter of a pawn shop.
Launching her leadership bid, Long Bailey said the party needs to make the positive case for immigration as a “positive force.” She also broke with Corbyn over Trident, saying “If you have a deterrent you have to be prepared to use it.”
PA
4/11 Lisa Nandy
Wigan MP Lisa Nandy has announced she wil stand for the leadership. In a letter to the Wigan Post she said she wanted to bring Labour “home” to voters in its traditional strongholds who have abandoned the party. Nandy went on to say that she understands “that we have one chance to win back the trust of people in Wigan, Workington and Wrexham.” A YouGov poll shows that Nandy is the first preference for 6% of partymembers.
Getty
5/11 Emily Thornberry
Corbyn’s constituency neighbour and friend, Emily Thornberry, has been critical of the party’s Brexit stance, but has remained loyal to the leadership and has represented the Labour Party on various overseas visits.
The 59-year-old was brought up on a council estate near Guildford in Surrey by her mother when her father, a human rights lawyer and academic, walked out on his family. “I was born into the Labour Party,” she once said. “I was delivering leaflets by the age I could reach the letter box.”
First elected as MP for Islington South in 2005, the shadow foreign secretary has launched her bid for the leadership, but the party may be looking for a leadership outside its London stronghold.
After winning back her seat in same venue as Corbyn, she said: “We may be hurting tonight but we are not beaten. We will tell Boris Johnson no our fight is not over, our fight is just starting.”
Reuters
6/11 Angela Rayner – Deputy leadership
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has joined the contest for deputy leadership of the party. After ruling herself out of running for the leadership, the Ashton-under-Lynne MP launched her bid for deputy warning that Labour faces the “biggest challenge” in its history and must “win or die.” She is close with leadership contender Rebecca Long Bailey
PA
7/11 Rosena Allin-Khan – Deputy leadership
Shadow sport minister Rosena Allin-Khan said Labour need to listen with “humility” to lost voters as she launched her bid for the deputy leadership. Writing in The Independent, the MP for Tooting refelcted: “We shouldn’t have ignored the warning signs in Scotland, and now we’ve paid the price in northern England, across the midlands and in Wales.”
PA
8/11 Dawn Butler – Deputy leadership
Shadow women and equalities secretary Dawn Butler was first to announce her bid for the deputy leadership. The Brent Central MP has served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet since 2016
PA
9/11 Ian Murray – Deputy leadership
Labour’s only MP in Scotland said that the architects of the party’s “catastrophic failure” in the December election can not be allowed to lead the party forward
PA
10/11 Khalid Mahmood – Deputy leadership
Shadow foreign minister Mahmood said living in the West Midlands puts him in the ideal place to win back lost voters as he launched his bid for the deputy leadership. “I’m not part of the metropolitan elite but in Birmingham, the workshop of Britain. I want to rebuild our country and the Labour Party.”
PA
11/11 Richard Burgon – Deputy leadership
Shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon is standing as a continuity candidate, flaunting his loyalty to Jeremy Corbyn and saying it is wrong to blame the current leader for the election defeat
PA
Pressed on whether she would keep Mr Corbyn’s proposal to abolish tuition fees, she replied: “Yes, I would, but in the language of priorities, where I would start is restoring education maintenance allowance and university grants.”
Ms Nandy added she would renew the Trident nuclear deterrent system – something the party’s election document pledged – if it was coupled with a “strong commitment to nuclear disarmament”.
Questioned on the contentious issue of a second referendum in Scotland, she said: “I think it suits the Scottish nationalists to keep this argument going about independence.
“I don’t support another referendum on independence, I think I’ve been very consistent about that – whether it’s Brexit or the Scottish independence referendum.
“Frankly, to be honest, I think this country has had enough of referendums. The job now is to pull together as a nation.”
Just moments before Ms Nandy’s appearance, however, results of a poll suggested the backbencher has a long way to go to convince Labour members she is the individual to succeed Mr Corbyn in three months’ time.
Results of the LabourList survey said Ms Long-Bailey would win 42 per cent of first preference votes – while Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, would be in second place with 37 per cent.
Backbenchers Jess Phillips and Lisa Nandy would receive nine and seven per cent of first preference votes respectively and the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, would secure just one per cent.
It added that Sir Keir would pick up the majority of second preferences from members, but it would not be sufficient to eliminate Ms Long-Bailey’s lead, with a final result of 51 to 49 per cent for the shadow business secretary. The survey of 3,835 members between 8 and 13 January, consisted of LabourList readers, which the website said was weighted by Survation to reflect the membership.
But given those polled are drawn from LabourList’s database of readers, who identify as members and are likely to be more engaged than the average party member, it may not be representative of the party’s entire membership.
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