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| Jeremy Corbyn: Labour reaching out to voters across UK | Jeremy Corbyn: Labour reaching out to voters across UK |
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| Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour under his leadership is reaching out to voters across the UK, after ex-leader Neil Kinnock warned against his re-election. | Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour under his leadership is reaching out to voters across the UK, after ex-leader Neil Kinnock warned against his re-election. |
| Lord Kinnock told the BBC the party faced a "lifetime" out of power if Mr Corbyn wins the leadership contest. | Lord Kinnock told the BBC the party faced a "lifetime" out of power if Mr Corbyn wins the leadership contest. |
| But Mr Corbyn told ITV's Peston on Sunday Lord Kinnock should be "more optimistic", as he insisted Labour could appeal to the centre-ground. | But Mr Corbyn told ITV's Peston on Sunday Lord Kinnock should be "more optimistic", as he insisted Labour could appeal to the centre-ground. |
| It comes with under a week to go until the contest ends this Saturday. | It comes with under a week to go until the contest ends this Saturday. |
| Kinnock warns against Jeremy Corbyn re-election | Kinnock warns against Jeremy Corbyn re-election |
| Guide to the Labour leadership election | Guide to the Labour leadership election |
| Mr Corbyn is being challenged for the leadership by Owen Smith, a former shadow work and pensions secretary. | |
| The contest was sparked after Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence by his MPs, following a series of resignations from his shadow cabinet in protest at his leadership. | The contest was sparked after Mr Corbyn lost a vote of no confidence by his MPs, following a series of resignations from his shadow cabinet in protest at his leadership. |
| 'Reaching out' | 'Reaching out' |
| Speaking to the BBC's Panorama programme, Lord Kinnock said: "Unless things change radically, and rapidly, it's very doubtful I'll see another Labour government in my lifetime." | Speaking to the BBC's Panorama programme, Lord Kinnock said: "Unless things change radically, and rapidly, it's very doubtful I'll see another Labour government in my lifetime." |
| The former party leader, who led the fight against left-wing extremism in the 1980s, when Labour was paralysed by faction fighting, added: "Not just in my lifetime but stretching back to the 1930s, by any examination this is the greatest crisis that the Labour Party has faced." | The former party leader, who led the fight against left-wing extremism in the 1980s, when Labour was paralysed by faction fighting, added: "Not just in my lifetime but stretching back to the 1930s, by any examination this is the greatest crisis that the Labour Party has faced." |
| Responding to Lord Kinnock's criticism, Mr Corbyn told Peston on Sunday: "I hope Neil can be a bit more optimistic." | Responding to Lord Kinnock's criticism, Mr Corbyn told Peston on Sunday: "I hope Neil can be a bit more optimistic." |
| Asked how he could appeal to centre-ground voters, he said: "Do we want an education service that works for all or works for the few? | |
| "Do we want a health service that works for everybody, or a health service of last resort for those that can't afford to go private? | |
| "Do we want an investment strategy that builds railways and broadband communication over the whole of the country? | |
| "Do we want a government that actually works for the whole country and reaches out to those places that have been left behind? | |
| "It's reaching out to the whole country. That's what we're offering." | "It's reaching out to the whole country. That's what we're offering." |
| Analysis | Analysis |
| By John Pienaar, BBC deputy political editor | By John Pienaar, BBC deputy political editor |
| An extraordinary olive branch to hostile Labour MPs, after the rebellion of the summer and the failed attempt to force the leader's resignation, has emerged. | An extraordinary olive branch to hostile Labour MPs, after the rebellion of the summer and the failed attempt to force the leader's resignation, has emerged. |
| Shadow chancellor John McDonnell - Jeremy Corbyn's closest friend and chief lieutenant at Westminster - said the Labour leader and himself were willing to take lessons in leadership. | Shadow chancellor John McDonnell - Jeremy Corbyn's closest friend and chief lieutenant at Westminster - said the Labour leader and himself were willing to take lessons in leadership. |
| "Tutorials" from former senior ministers and shadow ministers would answer accusations of incompetence, improve their performance in the House of Commons and improve relations with Labour colleagues at Westminster. | "Tutorials" from former senior ministers and shadow ministers would answer accusations of incompetence, improve their performance in the House of Commons and improve relations with Labour colleagues at Westminster. |
| "A bit of tutoring from some old hands?" I asked him. | "A bit of tutoring from some old hands?" I asked him. |
| "Well, why not?" he replied. "Why not?" | "Well, why not?" he replied. "Why not?" |
| More here | More here |
| Meanwhile, James Schneider, organiser of pro-Corbyn group Momentum, has denied it is campaigning for deselection of Labour MPs critical of Mr Corbyn's leadership. | Meanwhile, James Schneider, organiser of pro-Corbyn group Momentum, has denied it is campaigning for deselection of Labour MPs critical of Mr Corbyn's leadership. |
| In response to footage being aired by two documentaries - BBC Panorama and Channel 4's Dispatches - on Monday, he told BBC One's Sunday Politics: "We are not campaigning for mandatory selection." | In response to footage being aired by two documentaries - BBC Panorama and Channel 4's Dispatches - on Monday, he told BBC One's Sunday Politics: "We are not campaigning for mandatory selection." |
| Asked whether there would be deselections, Mr Corbyn told ITV that many constituency Labour parties would have to make fresh choices due to the boundary changes. | Asked whether there would be deselections, Mr Corbyn told ITV that many constituency Labour parties would have to make fresh choices due to the boundary changes. |
| The Labour leader denied that was a veiled threat, saying "it's not any kind of threat". | |
| He added: "What it is, is simply describing the process. | |
| "There are going to be 600 new constituency Labour parties formed, as there will be for other parties, and they will go through a selection process." | |
| He added that sitting MPs would be automatically put forward if they had a substantial geographical claim to a seat. | He added that sitting MPs would be automatically put forward if they had a substantial geographical claim to a seat. |
| 'Democratising Labour' | |
| Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis, an ally of Mr Corbyn, said that the issue of deselection of MPs "hasn't come up" but added that he felt it would be a "democratic choice" for party members. | Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis, an ally of Mr Corbyn, said that the issue of deselection of MPs "hasn't come up" but added that he felt it would be a "democratic choice" for party members. |
| Mr Lewis also confirmed that the party was considering allowing both Labour MPs and party members to vote on who should be in the shadow cabinet. | |
| Newspaper reports suggested a third of Labour's top team could be elected by the parliamentary party, another third by the party membership, and the final third chosen by the leader. | Newspaper reports suggested a third of Labour's top team could be elected by the parliamentary party, another third by the party membership, and the final third chosen by the leader. |
| Mr Lewis told the Marr Show it was "a genuine idea and something that should be discussed and reviewed". | Mr Lewis told the Marr Show it was "a genuine idea and something that should be discussed and reviewed". |
| He said he believed the idea would be considered on Tuesday at a meeting of the party's ruling National Executive Committee. | He said he believed the idea would be considered on Tuesday at a meeting of the party's ruling National Executive Committee. |
| "I think it's about the ideas that are coming out about democratising our party, about allowing members, allowing people, to have a real say in how their representatives represent them and the policies that we have as a party and I think that's good." | "I think it's about the ideas that are coming out about democratising our party, about allowing members, allowing people, to have a real say in how their representatives represent them and the policies that we have as a party and I think that's good." |
| 'Deepening divisions' | 'Deepening divisions' |
| However leadership contender Owen Smith accused Mr Corbyn of seeking to "deepen divisions" between the party's membership - which is seen as overwhelmingly in favour of the leader - and its MPs - who are largely opposed to Mr Corbyn. | However leadership contender Owen Smith accused Mr Corbyn of seeking to "deepen divisions" between the party's membership - which is seen as overwhelmingly in favour of the leader - and its MPs - who are largely opposed to Mr Corbyn. |
| Speaking to Sky News, he said reports that party members could be given a role in electing the shadow cabinet and shaping policy "isn't a conciliatory gesture". | Speaking to Sky News, he said reports that party members could be given a role in electing the shadow cabinet and shaping policy "isn't a conciliatory gesture". |
| He said: "It's not simply an attempt to extend democracy in the Labour Party. | |
| "It's an attempt to deepen divisions between new members and MPs. | |
| "It's an attempt to further cement his position and to use the membership as a means of driving a wedge between the MPs and his leadership." | "It's an attempt to further cement his position and to use the membership as a means of driving a wedge between the MPs and his leadership." |
| Mr Smith added that if Mr Corbyn was serious about uniting the party, he should consider returning to the system under which the members of Labour's shadow cabinet were elected by a vote among its parliamentary party. | |
| Panorama's investigation Labour: Is The Party Over? - including the full interview with Lord Kinnock - is on BBC One on Monday at 2030 BST and will be available on the iPlayer afterwards. | Panorama's investigation Labour: Is The Party Over? - including the full interview with Lord Kinnock - is on BBC One on Monday at 2030 BST and will be available on the iPlayer afterwards. |