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BBC reports “Members will learn the outcome via e-mail and the media after a planned special conference to unveil the winner was cancelled due the coronavirus pandemic.
The candidates for leader have each been asked to record victory speeches, one of …Read more…
On this Thursday 2 April 2020 at 12 noon it will finally be over.
So now is your last chance to vote in the Labour Party Leadership elections.
Obviously there are now far more important matters to deal with than internal party elections but it is n…Read more…
I have just voted on line:-
LeaderKeir Starmer 1Lisa Nandy 2
Deputy LeaderAngela Rayner 1Dawn Butler 2Rosena Allin-Khan 3NEC By ElectionsJohanna Baxter …Read more…
Ballot starts today but I have not received anything yet except this email below from the Party. Will post next in support of Angela.
Dear John,
The ballot for the Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections as well as the NEC elections and…Read more…
Ballot starts today but I have not received anything yet except this email below from the Party. Will post next in support of Angela.
Dear John,
The ballot for the Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections as well as the NEC elections and…Read more…
1/ We need a leader from the left with the personal attributes of integrity, professionalism and leadership. If you think character doesn’t matter, you weren’t on the doorstep…
2/ Keir is firmly on the left – albeit a different left than the Corbyn/…Read more…
There are 650 MPs – Labour does not organise in Northern Ireland so take away 18 MPs which makes it 632 CLPs. So half of 632 is 316. The screen shop from CLP nominations shows Keir with 370 and Angela with 355. An overwhelming mandate for both of them….Read more…
Keir will be at the historic Old Town Hall in Stratford on Monday 27 January 2020. Arrive at 6.30pm for 6.45pm start.
Please sign up to attend by clicking here and spread the wordRead more…
Hat tip BBC News about my UNISON comrade. “Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced she is joining the contest to replace Tom Watson as Labour’s deputy leader.She is the fourth Labour MP to declare her intention to run, alongside Richard …Read more…