Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happenThornberry gives Corbyn ‘0 out of 10’ for election performanceBarry Gardiner shocks Labour with hint he may run for leadershipThornberry: Corbyn aides dismissed attacks against Israeli civiliansEU will continue to plan for no-deal Brexit at end of 2020, says Barnier 1.56pm GMT Emily Thornberry has picked up another nomination. This is from the Labour MP and former minister Gareth Thomas.Pleased to nominate the excellent @EmilyThornberry for Leader of @UKLabour & Ian Murray for Deputy #LabourLeadership 1.55pm GMT Earlier I said that there was no evidence in this contest of Labour MPs nominating someone for the leadership even though they did not want them to become leader. (See 9.38am.) Some MPs nominated Jeremy Corbyn on this basis in 2015, and were horrified when he actually won.Not for the first time, I spoke to soon. On the BBC’s Daily Politics Lloyd Russell-Moyle said that, although he was backing Rebecca Long Bailey for the leadership, he was considering nominating Clive Lewis because he thought that Lewis’s ideas for constitutional reform should be included in the debate.Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle backs Rebecca Long Bailey, and rejects the ‘Continuity Corbyn’ tag for herBut he also wants Clive Lewis on the ballot paper and may nominate him as an “important voice” in the leadership contest#politicslive https://t.co/2u6S4hpW1W pic.twitter.com/J1Lzj4MjBh Continue reading…
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