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| Labour leadership debate - live | Labour leadership debate - live |
| (4 months later) | |
| 8.49pm BST | |
| 20:49 | |
| So there you have it. Nothing much seems to have changed in that the audience overwhelmingly backed Jeremy Corbyn - and so did those on social media too. That’s it from our live blog - thanks for reading. | So there you have it. Nothing much seems to have changed in that the audience overwhelmingly backed Jeremy Corbyn - and so did those on social media too. That’s it from our live blog - thanks for reading. |
| 8.46pm BST | |
| 20:46 | |
| Guardian columnist Owen Jones says Corbyn needs to build a coalition of low and middle-income workers. | Guardian columnist Owen Jones says Corbyn needs to build a coalition of low and middle-income workers. |
| 8.43pm BST | |
| 20:43 | |
| Kay Burley’s back. Some of her commentators applaud Yvette Cooper’s passionate attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s money-printing plan at the end of the debate. One describes as a “discursive college lecturer” under pressure. | Kay Burley’s back. Some of her commentators applaud Yvette Cooper’s passionate attack on Jeremy Corbyn’s money-printing plan at the end of the debate. One describes as a “discursive college lecturer” under pressure. |
| 8.37pm BST | |
| 20:37 | |
| Times columnist Tim Montgomerie tweets: | Times columnist Tim Montgomerie tweets: |
| Wow. @YvetteCooperMP socking it to Corbyn on his QE nonsense. Why didn't she show this passion before? It's terrific #LabourDebate | Wow. @YvetteCooperMP socking it to Corbyn on his QE nonsense. Why didn't she show this passion before? It's terrific #LabourDebate |
| 8.35pm BST | |
| 20:35 | |
| And with that the debate is over. How was it for you? | And with that the debate is over. How was it for you? |
| 8.34pm BST | |
| 20:34 | |
| Corbyn argues that we should invest to grow - to rapturous applause from the studio audience. | Corbyn argues that we should invest to grow - to rapturous applause from the studio audience. |
| 8.31pm BST | |
| 20:31 | |
| Cooper asks Corbyn about his plan for a national investment bank. She says he is promising “false hope” by wanting to keep printing money when the economy is growing. “We’ve got to be credible... Your plan is like private finance on steroids.” | Cooper asks Corbyn about his plan for a national investment bank. She says he is promising “false hope” by wanting to keep printing money when the economy is growing. “We’ve got to be credible... Your plan is like private finance on steroids.” |
| 8.28pm BST | |
| 20:28 | |
| Cooper says no one should take this election for granted given that a third of votes are yet to be cast. We have to be honest about the issues we disagree on, she adds. | Cooper says no one should take this election for granted given that a third of votes are yet to be cast. We have to be honest about the issues we disagree on, she adds. |
| 8.25pm BST | |
| 20:25 | |
| Change of tack - a question from Corbyn to Kendall: could she work with him if he is elected leader? Her answer isn’t terribly concise; I think it’s a maybe, but she doesn’t agree with most of his economic policies. | Change of tack - a question from Corbyn to Kendall: could she work with him if he is elected leader? Her answer isn’t terribly concise; I think it’s a maybe, but she doesn’t agree with most of his economic policies. |
| 8.22pm BST | |
| 20:22 | |
| Cooper says schools need local accountability; Kendall thinks we need to get away from our obsession with structures in schools and reform the curriculum to get more parity between vocational and academic education. Corbyn thinks faith schools do a good job but that they should teach their students about all faiths. | Cooper says schools need local accountability; Kendall thinks we need to get away from our obsession with structures in schools and reform the curriculum to get more parity between vocational and academic education. Corbyn thinks faith schools do a good job but that they should teach their students about all faiths. |
| 8.18pm BST | |
| 20:18 | |
| How important are faith schools to the future of the country is the next question - from a vicar. Burnham says he went to one and his children went to one. He has a pop at Michael Gove for the damage he says he did to the education system. | How important are faith schools to the future of the country is the next question - from a vicar. Burnham says he went to one and his children went to one. He has a pop at Michael Gove for the damage he says he did to the education system. |
| Updated | |
| at 8.18pm BST | |
| 8.11pm BST | |
| 20:11 | |
| Corbyn says there has to be a regional political solution to the crisis in the Middle East. Kendall asks him if there are any circumstances under which he would deploy British troops. Corbyn says he’s sure there are some, but he can’t think of any right now. | Corbyn says there has to be a regional political solution to the crisis in the Middle East. Kendall asks him if there are any circumstances under which he would deploy British troops. Corbyn says he’s sure there are some, but he can’t think of any right now. |
| 8.08pm BST | |
| 20:08 | |
| The Labour adviser tweets: | The Labour adviser tweets: |
| The women making far more sense than the men in #LabourDebate | The women making far more sense than the men in #LabourDebate |
| 8.05pm BST | |
| 20:05 | |
| Now the candidates are debating whether Britain should put boots on the ground in Syria. All of them disagree. Corbyn says bombing would make the situation worse. “There’s no easy palatable answers.” | Now the candidates are debating whether Britain should put boots on the ground in Syria. All of them disagree. Corbyn says bombing would make the situation worse. “There’s no easy palatable answers.” |
| Updated | |
| at 8.35pm BST | |
| 7.59pm BST | |
| 19:59 | |
| Corbyn says medicinal cannabis should be decriminalised - and drugs policy more widely. Burnham mentions the problem of legal highs. | Corbyn says medicinal cannabis should be decriminalised - and drugs policy more widely. Burnham mentions the problem of legal highs. |
| 7.57pm BST | |
| 19:57 | |
| Burnham says it would have to be highly regulated and proceed with caution. Cooper says it’s a question no one has asked them thus far - and that it should be considered in the same way as any other drug. | Burnham says it would have to be highly regulated and proceed with caution. Cooper says it’s a question no one has asked them thus far - and that it should be considered in the same way as any other drug. |
| 7.55pm BST | |
| 19:55 | |
| Back with Adam Boulton and a question about social affairs: do you support the decriminalisation of medical cannabis? | Back with Adam Boulton and a question about social affairs: do you support the decriminalisation of medical cannabis? |
| 7.54pm BST | |
| 19:54 | |
| We’re back with Sophy Ridge, Sky political correspondent, at the graphics wall. It’s all a bit meaningless telling us what viewers think given that they all want Corbyn to win. | We’re back with Sophy Ridge, Sky political correspondent, at the graphics wall. It’s all a bit meaningless telling us what viewers think given that they all want Corbyn to win. |
| 7.46pm BST | |
| 19:46 | |
| Time for an ad break - and Kay Burley to look forward to after that. | Time for an ad break - and Kay Burley to look forward to after that. |
| 7.45pm BST | |
| 19:45 | |
| Kendall says the idea that you have different policies for different parts of the country won’t wash. Voters also want a strong leader, she adds. | Kendall says the idea that you have different policies for different parts of the country won’t wash. Voters also want a strong leader, she adds. |
| Updated | |
| at 7.50pm BST | |
| 7.40pm BST | |
| 19:40 | |
| Question: how to attract SNP and UKIP supporters back to Labour? Cooper says it will take time to rebuild - but it needs to remember that the party is stronger together. | Question: how to attract SNP and UKIP supporters back to Labour? Cooper says it will take time to rebuild - but it needs to remember that the party is stronger together. |
| 7.39pm BST | |
| 19:39 | |
| Kendall agrees the party has been too centralised and involve the public more but warns that the Tories want to destroy Labour by various means: “They want to wipe us out - we’ve got to get real and fight back so we can win in 2020.” | Kendall agrees the party has been too centralised and involve the public more but warns that the Tories want to destroy Labour by various means: “They want to wipe us out - we’ve got to get real and fight back so we can win in 2020.” |
| 7.37pm BST | |
| 19:37 | |
| Burnham appeals to Labour supporters not to repeat the mistakes of the 1980s. Corbyn says he wants to reverse top-down decision making within the party. | Burnham appeals to Labour supporters not to repeat the mistakes of the 1980s. Corbyn says he wants to reverse top-down decision making within the party. |
| 7.36pm BST | |
| 19:36 | |
| Audience at #labourdebate selected by pollster Survation to be representative of Labour supporters. They don't like Blair, they like Corbyn. | Audience at #labourdebate selected by pollster Survation to be representative of Labour supporters. They don't like Blair, they like Corbyn. |
| 7.35pm BST | |
| 19:35 | |
| Buzzfeed UK’s deputy editor tweets: | Buzzfeed UK’s deputy editor tweets: |
| Man in audience asks #labourdebate why people who still like Blair aren't made welcome in party. About four people in crowd applaud him. | Man in audience asks #labourdebate why people who still like Blair aren't made welcome in party. About four people in crowd applaud him. |