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| Clive Lewis joins Labour leadership race | |
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| Shadow Treasury minister Clive Lewis has become the second MP to officially enter the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. | |
| In an article for the Guardian, he said he feared "necessary truths may go unspoken" if he didn't put himself forward. | In an article for the Guardian, he said he feared "necessary truths may go unspoken" if he didn't put himself forward. |
| Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry is standing, and others are expected to join the contest. | Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry is standing, and others are expected to join the contest. |
| Mr Corbyn will stand down "early next year" after Labour's election defeat. | Mr Corbyn will stand down "early next year" after Labour's election defeat. |
| Others who have said they are considering a pitch for the leadership include Sir Keir Starmer, Yvette Cooper and Lisa Nandy. | |
| Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, thought to be the favoured candidate of the current party leadership, has yet to say whether she will stand. | |
| In his article announcing his candidacy, Mr Lewis praised the outgoing party leader for "inspiring a new generation of members." | In his article announcing his candidacy, Mr Lewis praised the outgoing party leader for "inspiring a new generation of members." |
| But he said Labour was "never democratised on the scale" that members expected after Mr Corbyn won the leadership in 2015. | But he said Labour was "never democratised on the scale" that members expected after Mr Corbyn won the leadership in 2015. |
| He distanced himself from the Blair and Brown years, saying that the party often had "the legacy of the 2000s thrown back in our faces". | He distanced himself from the Blair and Brown years, saying that the party often had "the legacy of the 2000s thrown back in our faces". |
| An early supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Lewis became a shadow energy minister shortly after Mr Corbyn became party leader. | |
| He has been an MP since 2015, after taking the previously Liberal Democrat-held seat of Norwich South. | |
| He rejoined Labour's frontbench in January last year, having resigned in February 2017 in order to oppose the bill triggering the Brexit process. | |
| At the time, he said he could not "all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent". |