Jess Phillips has dropped out of the Labour Leadership Race, declaring she is not the one to unite the party at this current time. Starting off as an underdog, Phillips got an unexpected boost of support from MPs and MEPs in the first requirement round to qualify for the full election. But it appears she […]
Keir Starmer has become the first candidate to fully qualify for the Labour Leadership Election after getting three unions/affiliate groups representing 5% of the membership after he was backed by The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw). The other candidates still have yet to reach this qualification. It is widely expected Long-Bailey will […]
Belarus is a landlocked country located in the east of Europe and is bordered by Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine. The country has been a part of numerous nations before it saw a form of independence, it has been part of the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and […]
During a brief window from 14th – 16th January, people were able to sign up as registered supporters by paying a fee of £25, while this does not make them a full Labour member it does allow them to vote in the Labour leadership and Labour Deputy Leadership elections. The Labour Party announced that it […]
Barbados is a small Caribbean island. It is located south-east of St. Lucia and east of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It’s capital city, Bridgetown, is located on the south-west coast of the island. Barbados is widely known, as is many Caribbean islands, for its beaches and resorts for worldwide tourists. The country was once […]
Bangladesh is a country in the South of Asia and is bordered with two other countries, mostly India but also a small border with Myanmar (also called Burma by some) and as well as that it also has a coast along the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. The country has a densely packed […]
With MP/MEP nominations now closed, all current standing candidates in the main leadership election have qualified for the first requirement of 22 MEP/MP backers with Emily Thornberry managing to cross the line just 9 minutes left to go. The candidates are Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry. I will be […]
Clive Lewis has pulled out of the leadership race saying that it is clear he will not reach the required nominations to qualify and wanted to allows his nominators to recast to another candidate. There is just under half an hour to go until the deadline is reached. It remains to be seen if Emily […]
The deadline for MP/MEP nominations are today at 2:30pm and we will be seeing whether Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis can reach the required 22 backers they need to qualify for the first part of the leadership election. So far Emily Thornberry sits on 10 backers while Clive Lewis only has four, but is the […]
It has been announced that we will know by 4th April who the new leader of the UK’s Labour Party will be after Jeremy Corbyn’s stunning election defeat. So far six candidates have stood in the bid to become Labour’s new top dog and are hoping they will be the ones to fix Labour and […]