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| Angela Rayner may duck Labour leadership contest and stand for deputy instead, MPs predict - live news | |
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| Rolling coverage of the day’s political events as they happen | Rolling coverage of the day’s political events as they happen |
| The Press Association photographer Yoi Mok has some more pictures from Frank Dobson’s funeral. | |
| I’ve now been told by three Labour MPs, and a couple of other party sources, that they expect Angela Rayner to run as deputy leader - though had no confirmation yet from Rayner’s camp. | |
| The shadow education secretary had been widely regarded as a strong possible contender for the leadership; but has apparently decided to give her old friend and flatmate Rebecca Long-Bailey a clear run as the leftwing candidate - a gesture one colleague said was “sisterly”. | |
| Laura Pidcock, another leftwing favourite, lost her North West Durham seat to the Conservatives last week. | |
| Tim Farron has told the BBC that he won’t be standing for the Liberal Democrat leadership. He held the post between 2015 and 2017, but told the BBC that if he were asked to do it again, the answer would be a “definite, definite no”. | Tim Farron has told the BBC that he won’t be standing for the Liberal Democrat leadership. He held the post between 2015 and 2017, but told the BBC that if he were asked to do it again, the answer would be a “definite, definite no”. |
| And this is from Fay Jones, the new Conservative MP for Brecon and Radnorshire. Jones is on the left. She is beside Virginia Crosbie (centre), the new Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, and Sarah Atherton, the new Conservative MP for Wrexham. | And this is from Fay Jones, the new Conservative MP for Brecon and Radnorshire. Jones is on the left. She is beside Virginia Crosbie (centre), the new Conservative MP for Ynys Môn, and Sarah Atherton, the new Conservative MP for Wrexham. |
| They are the first women to be elected as Conservative MPs in Wales. | They are the first women to be elected as Conservative MPs in Wales. |
| From Olivia Blake, the new Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam | From Olivia Blake, the new Labour MP for Sheffield Hallam |
| From the Times’ Matt Chorley | From the Times’ Matt Chorley |
| The Electoral Reform Society, which campaigns for a fairer voting system, has released figures saying 14.5m voters are effectively “unrepresented” because they voted for a candidate who did not win. It says: | The Electoral Reform Society, which campaigns for a fairer voting system, has released figures saying 14.5m voters are effectively “unrepresented” because they voted for a candidate who did not win. It says: |
| Ian Lavery, the Labour party chair, says he has suffered abuse and harassment because he argued the party had to accept the result of the Brexit referendum. | Ian Lavery, the Labour party chair, says he has suffered abuse and harassment because he argued the party had to accept the result of the Brexit referendum. |
| And the Lib Dems have also been posing for a team photograph - which, given the numbers, was probably a bit easier to coordinate. | And the Lib Dems have also been posing for a team photograph - which, given the numbers, was probably a bit easier to coordinate. |
| Here is the new cohort of SNP MPs. | Here is the new cohort of SNP MPs. |
| Labour’s defeat is ‘big opportunity’ to move to centre ground, says Andrew Adonis | Labour’s defeat is ‘big opportunity’ to move to centre ground, says Andrew Adonis |
| An old joke in the Labour party is that, after every election defeat, the party promptly forms a circular firing squad. Labour figures never actually end up shooting at each other although, as my colleague Rowena Mason reports, today they are threatening to sue each other - or at least one of them is. | An old joke in the Labour party is that, after every election defeat, the party promptly forms a circular firing squad. Labour figures never actually end up shooting at each other although, as my colleague Rowena Mason reports, today they are threatening to sue each other - or at least one of them is. |
| To add to the spirit of comradeliness, the Labour MP Stephen Kinnock (who represents leave-voting Aberavon and who was urging the party to back a soft Brexit, not remain) told the BBC’s Politics Live earlier that those in the party who backed a second referendum should apologise to pro-leave Labour supporters. And the party should choose a new leader who did not argue for a second referendum, he said. He explained: | To add to the spirit of comradeliness, the Labour MP Stephen Kinnock (who represents leave-voting Aberavon and who was urging the party to back a soft Brexit, not remain) told the BBC’s Politics Live earlier that those in the party who backed a second referendum should apologise to pro-leave Labour supporters. And the party should choose a new leader who did not argue for a second referendum, he said. He explained: |
| But Andrew Adonis, the former transport secretary, Labour peer and passionate remain campaigner, told BBC News this afternoon that he thought it was not all over for the remain campaign. He said that, although the UK would now leave the EU next year, the remain cause was not “gone for all time” and that at some point in the future a party might campaign to rejoin the EU. | But Andrew Adonis, the former transport secretary, Labour peer and passionate remain campaigner, told BBC News this afternoon that he thought it was not all over for the remain campaign. He said that, although the UK would now leave the EU next year, the remain cause was not “gone for all time” and that at some point in the future a party might campaign to rejoin the EU. |
| He said Labour should view its defeat as a “big opportunity” to elect a better leader. | He said Labour should view its defeat as a “big opportunity” to elect a better leader. |
| Asked to say who the new leader should be, Adonis said he had not firmly decided, but he said that he had “always been hugely impressed by Keir Starmer” (the shadow Brexit secretary, who won’t get Kinnock’s vote because he backed a second referendum) and that Starmer was fit to be prime minister. | Asked to say who the new leader should be, Adonis said he had not firmly decided, but he said that he had “always been hugely impressed by Keir Starmer” (the shadow Brexit secretary, who won’t get Kinnock’s vote because he backed a second referendum) and that Starmer was fit to be prime minister. |
| From my colleague Heather Stewart | From my colleague Heather Stewart |