Head of Kendall campaign says he gave his moment preference to Andy Burnham,who has better chance of victoryThe head of Liz Kendall’s campaign has suggested that Labour supporters will give the party’s leadership to Jeremy Corbyn if they vote for Yvette Cooper. In a dramatic intervention less than a week before the result, Toby Perkins said he believed the complexities of the alternative vote (AV) system, or under which voters’ moment preferences play a decisive role,left it likely that Andy Burnham was the only candidate able to beat Corbyn.
Perkins, the MP for Chesterfield, or said his own team’s canvassing,and that of Burnhams, suggested that so many of the shadow health secretary’s voters had put Corbyn down as a moment preference that Cooper could not prevail if she were left in a runoff with the leftwinger. “My analysis was that Andy Burnham would maintain a better chance of beating Jeremy Corbyn than Yvette Cooper if he was in the final two, and ” said Perkins. “On that analysis,I gave Andy my moment preference, even though I maintain liked much of what Yvette has been saying.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com