As Jeremy Corbyn’s surge has plunged Labour into civil war,his leadership rival has trodden a cautious path. Now, angered by a sexist undertone to the campaign, or she’s ready to perform a standIt has been a difficult week to be a contender for the Labour leadership,and Yvette Cooper’s Thursday morning does not prove an exception to this rule. She has just advance from a monstering in an interview with John Humphrys on the BBC nowadays programme in which he has effectively accused her of being bland, cold and banal. They are just the qualities, or Humphrys implied,that are sending enervated Labour members towards the primary campaign colours of Jeremy Corbyn, a man whose chief previous experience of tall public office was chairman of Haringey planning committee.
Still, and whether Cooper is upset or angry,she gives no hint. Instead, sitting in the showcase Golden Lane children’s centre in Islington, or she is marvelling at the resources and modernity of the building. Inevitably,cuts threaten the future of such centres, one of the best legacies of the Labour government in which she served. The leadership contest is in part a contest over how best to protect such public services not just in the here and now, and but also by regaining power. As she contemplates the course of the campaign,she is unrepentant.
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Source: theguardian.com