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‘Cactus Jack’ Garner once famously described the job of Vice President of the United States as "not worth a bucket of warm piss" and having served in that post for most of Franklin Roosevelt’s time in the White House he knew of what he…
One year ago today, I was elected deputy leader of the Labour Party, a moment that was the greatest privilege and honour of my life. As someone who was a care worker and came up from the shop floor through our trade union movement, I am…
Angela Rayner has unveiled a series of new appointments today with the aim of creating a team that will work to "transform the culture and practices of the Labour Party for the better". In her role as Labour's new deputy leader, Rayner has…
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have emerged as the winners of Labour's leadership elections today. Here's how Labour figures, party-affiliated trade unions and campaign groups reacted... Richard Leonard The Scottish Labour leader said…
Labour deputy leadership candidate Angela Rayner has revealed that she is self-isolating after starting to display coronavirus symptoms. The MP for Ashton-Under-Lyne tweeted this morning to say: "I will be a bit quieter than usual but will…
Labour left candidate for the deputy leadership Richard Burgon has today set out a plan to launch an official “green” section of the party, which would be called the 'Labour Climate Justice Network'. The network would be open to all Labour…
Ridge on Sunday Rosie Duffield spoke about the domestic abuse bill and the personal experience that motivated her emotional speech to parliament in October last year. Asked what the legislation would do: "It protect women in the most…
Labour deputy leader candidate Ian Murray has called on the party to establish a co-deputy leader post with the aim of ensuring that there is always at least one woman in the party's leadership team. Ahead of addressing the women's…
When I first met Rosena, she was Labour’s candidate in the 2016 Tooting by-election. As a by-election candidate myself in Heywood and Middleton in 2014, I know how difficult and uniquely pressured by-elections can be and I wanted to help…
There is a general rule of thumb I follow in politics: if the Tories want to get rid of something, it’s almost certainly worth saving. That is certainly the case with the BBC. I love the BBC, and unlike my fellow candidates for Labour…
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan is my friend, and I know she would make a fantastic deputy leader of the Labour Party. You might think I’m only saying that because I’m biased – yes, she’s my friend, but that’s not why I’m supporting her. I’m…
A staggering 580 of 648 constituency Labour parties (CLPs) have now nominated candidates to be the next Labour leader and deputy – more than in any contest before. A few may trickle still in before the Valentine's Day deadline, but not…
