First cabinet minister enters race to become deputy Labour leader – UK politics live

Bridget Phillipson describes herself as ‘a proud working-class woman’ in statement announcing her bid to replace Angela RaynerBell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, said this morning she was standing for deputy Labour leader because the party needed a discuss on “what’s gone wrong”.In an interview with the Today programme, she rejected the suggestion that it would be bad for the party if the deputy leadership contest opened up a debate about government policy. She said:We do have to accept that we have to have a discussion about what members don’t like and what voters don’t like, and what’s gone wrong.It’s very important to note that a load of Labour members and voters are unhappy about the handling of the situation in Gaza, the winter fuel allowance, the welfare cuts.The Labour party is a broad church and, actually, when we are able to have debates, when we are able to bring forward different views, it actually makes us better. It makes us more appealing to the electorate and, more importantly, it’s what the Labour membership wants to see.One homogenous view is not going to get us anywhere. It hasn’t got us anywhere at the moment. We are currently haemorrhaging votes to the Lib Dems, to the Greens, and ultimately all we seem to want to do at the moment is chase down Reform. We cannot do that.We only have three days to consider who it is that’s going to be put forward to the membership to be deputy leader of the party, and that is not in the strong tradition of Labour party democracy, and it’s that tradition that makes our party strong. It is absolutely unfair and I don’t think it’s what the membership want.Ultimately, it’s their deputy leader. It’s about them and they should have the right to choose from a range of people.[Phillipson] would definitely be a great deputy leader if she was chosen. There are other women in the race who I think would also be great deputy leaders. So I’m not endorsing anyone at this stage.Without being disrespectful to some brilliant women in London who are standing, like Emily Thornberry [whom] I’ve got a lot of respect for, I can well understand why lots of my colleagues are saying we should have a deputy leader from outside London to broaden perspectives, broaden the base. Continue reading...

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