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Sunday exhibits round-up: Labour didn’t ‘win the argument’, Lengthy Bailey admits

Rebecca Lengthy Bailey: Labour ‘didn’t win the argument’ in December… Sophy Ridge interviewed Rebecca Lengthy Bailey, who launched her marketing c



Rebecca Lengthy Bailey: Labour ‘didn’t win the argument’ in December…

Sophy Ridge interviewed Rebecca Lengthy Bailey, who launched her marketing campaign for the Labour management earlier this week. The shadow enterprise secretary is regarded as the popular selection of outgoing chief Jeremy Corbyn and he or she has the assist of the Momentum grouping contained in the social gathering. Nonetheless, the race is way from a finished deal, with Sir Keir Starmer apparently her largest competitor. Ridge requested Lengthy Bailey if she agreed with Corbyn that Labour had ‘received the argument’ on the final normal election:

SR: You say that Labour had the proper solutions to the proper questions. Does that imply you assume that Labour ‘received the argument’?

RLB: Under no circumstances. We didn’t win the argument. If we’d received the argument we’d have received the overall election [and] sadly we didn’t. We simply weren’t trusted… on key points, and you need to earn belief.

…Labour ‘didn’t sort out’ anti-Semitism…

One explicit key subject the place Labour suffered a breakdown of belief was its dealing with of anti-Semitism instances. It’s at present topic to an investigation by the Equality and Human Rights Fee, and final month a leaked file from the Jewish Labour Motion accused the social gathering of being ‘now not a secure area for Jewish individuals’. Lengthy Bailey stated Labour needed to realise that their response to the issue had been sorely missing:

RLB: We didn’t sort out the difficulty, it’s so simple as that. We have now misplaced belief throughout the Jewish group…

SR: Does Jeremy Corbyn bear private duty for it?

RLB: He does, and he’s apologised. And I believe any [future leader] ought to apologise once more for what’s occurred, as a result of it has been unacceptable.

…‘I wouldn’t wish to inhibit democracy’ on indyref2…

Ridge requested Lengthy Bailey the place she stood on the difficulty of a second Scottish independence referendum, a difficulty which is prone to discover its manner again on to Westminster’s agenda earlier than lengthy:

RLB: I’m totally dedicated to the Union, and I don’t assume that must be shaken in any manner. However in the end, the individuals of Scotland must make the case… and I wouldn’t wish to inhibit democracy… as a result of that’s some of the elementary pillars that we’re pleased with.

…and ‘I wish to abolish the Home of Lords’

Lengthy Bailey additionally introduced her intention to scrap Parliament’s higher chamber, though she didn’t say if she meant to switch it with the rest:

RLB: I do wish to abolish the Home of Lords, and we’ll be rolling out, as my marketing campaign progresses, how we intend to essentially shake up that constitutional package deal… There would must be checks and balances in place, however to have a set of utterly unelected individuals doing that, I don’t assume is correct.

Clive Lewis: I’d like a referendum on the royal household…

Ridge additionally interviewed one other looking forward to Labour management, Clive Lewis. Lewis has till tomorrow to safe the required assist of 22 MPs and/or MEPs with a view to be eligible to run. Ridge requested him about a few of his concepts, in per week which has seen a rupture within the royal household:

CL: I believe we’ve seen this week that there’s a terrific love for the royal household on this nation, however I believe there’s some considerations about the way it will go ahead into the long run.

SR: How would you vote…?

CL: I’d take heed to the controversy [but] I’m a republican… I wish to be a citizen on this nation, not a topic.

…Non-public faculties…



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