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"Send nudes" "F*** off c***" "Lisa Nandy flashing her legs tonight. Anything to get attention" This is just a taste of some of the messages my campaign team received in response to a text asking Labour members whether they would support me…
A few days ago, BBC reporter Lauren Moss was attacked moments before she went on air. A man screaming abuse hurled his hot chocolate on her saying he hated the BBC. This anti-media and anti-BBC feeling is all over social media and goes all…
After our worst general election defeat since 1935, we are further from power than at any time in living memory. We need to learn some lessons and we need to learn them quickly. Responding to defeat by perpetually changing the leader and…
Below is the full text of Lisa Nandy's leadership campaign launch speech. I am so pleased to be back here in Dagenham today. This is a place that means so much to me for so many reasons. The home of the Ford Machinists and their landmark…
Three years after the referendum, parliament is as divided as before and the country is more so. My inbox, like that of every MP, is full of people who live just a few streets from each other demanding we either respect or overturn the…
The next Labour government will inherit a polarised, divided country. It is a formidable challenge. There is no path to Downing Street that does not run through the small and medium towns that form the key battleground for the next…
There’s been much talk of Labour’s broad church in recent days, and for good reason. The road to power has always run from the members and voters in the former coalfields we represent in parliament, through diverse inner-cities to coastal…
Last week, reality hit. Leaving the EU without a deal and without an orderly transition is not only a fast-approaching legal reality, but one that now commands significant public support. In Wigan, I have heard this on the doorstep and in…
I visited Palestine as a new MP and I was struck by the threats facing the next generation, the ferocity of the attacks they endure and the systematic denial of their rights. I met a three-year-old child whose house was surrounded by the…
Even by Tory standards, this year’s budget was breathtaking. After eight years of austerity, with 30% of children now growing up in poverty and homelessness up by 64% since the Tories took office, the Chancellor has announced tax cuts for…
Glance at a map and the pattern becomes clear. From Cambridge to Manchester, cities overwhelmingly voted Remain while surrounding towns and villages voted Leave. Separated by just a few miles, our cities and our towns have become different…
As the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday, what will it take to safeguard it for the next 70 years? The funding gap is growing, social care is in crisis and hospitals are dealing with the fallout as greater numbers of older people are…
