Shadow chancellor says Brexit and the media also to blame for loss and Corbyn will stand down in ‘8-10 weeks’
John McDonnell says he was not ignoring Lisa Nandy as a potential candidate to succeed Corbyn when questioned about candidates this morning. Andrew Marr mentioned the Wigan MP’s name twice but McDonnell did not respond.
Paul, You are over interpreting this. I was simply adding names to those mentioned by Andrew Marr, not ignoring Lisa.The important issue now is ensuring that the leadership election is conducted positively, without any rancour so that we can come through this united & we will.
The former Labour home secretary, Alan Johnson, has written a scathing assessment of Jeremy Corbyn in the Mail in Sunday, urging the party to rid itself of the “cult” of Momentum.
He says:
Labour tried to fool the public into thinking that money was no object, which made the manifesto look like the wish-list of a pressure group rather than a serious plan for a potential party of government. But the main problem at this election wasn’t the manifesto; the main problem was Corbyn. A weak, self-regarding, pious man incapable of leadership.
Indeed, most of his Momentum supporters despise the very concept of leadership. All decisions must be made by the rank-and-file, which effectively means a clique of activists and Len McCluskey.