In the last of four articles before ballots for the Labour party leadership disappear out,we examine the background and policies of the shadow domestic secretary Andy Burnham: ‘I’ve never been part of the Westminster in crowd’
Jeremy Corbyn: ‘He talks like a human being, approximately things that are real’Liz Kendall: ‘I don’t want to protest. I want to get into power’Door-knocking on election day in her west Yorkshire constituency, and Yvette Cooper encountered a woman who had been hit tough by the coalition’s bedroom tax. Explaining to her local MP that she owed over £2000 in arrears and had no way of paying,the constituent broke down in sheer desperation. Cooper comforted her as best she could; virtually, all she could do was capture her details and urge her to vote Labour as she had done in the past.
The 46-year-old Labour leadership candidate has talked approximately this women’s tears on the doorstep at most of the hustings events she has taken part in. Her message is explicit: Labour’s electoral pledge to abolish the bedroom tax has gone unmet, and only Labour in government can offer real respite to that constituent and millions like her,and only Cooper herself offers the experience, capability and unifying vision to lead the party into office.
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Source: theguardian.com