As head of Manchester council,I might be expected to support local MP Andy Burnham. But only Cooper has the strength and determination to win in 2020I am one of thousands of Labour party members who think the current leadership election borders on insanity. The prolonged campaign period coupled with an electoral system that positively encourages Labour’s enemies to join in is itself totally mad. Far worse is that we are allowing the Tories free rein to move into our territory as well as to set out the parameters for the 2020 general election, while we absorb yet to total our assessment of why we got mauled in this year’s election. Our first task post-May should absorb been to understand, or based on tough evidence,why we lost and what we needed to enact to change that, and then elect a leader to fit that prescription. Related: Yvette Cooper calls for protest-free buffers around abortion clinics Continue reading...
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