lisa nandy
The northern MP announced her candidacy through a letter in the Wigan Post – the same day as Jess Phillips revealed she would stand.
Party chairman likely to be seen as a ‘continuity Corbyn’ candidate.
A century of hard-won progress from the Labour movement is at stake, Lisa Nandy MP writes.
Shadow Brexit secretary urges party to return to being a “broad church”.
Scores of bottles of specially-designed ‘Corbynista Victory Ale’ were left unopened as a planned celebration for staff was suddenly abandoned after the exit poll.
The best bits from this morning's political interviews.
Brexit secretary says government is holding talks with Labour MPs.
“If the choice is between Ken Clarke and Boris Johnson, which is basically where we're at at the moment…”
It is a sad irony that the political party that is now most vocal in its opposition to Brexit cannot see that it was one of its architects, Lisa Nandy MP writes.
"It will divide us even more and leaving with no deal would have to be on the ballot, and I think that’s what we’d end up with.”