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| Margaret Beckett: I was moron to nominate Jeremy Corbyn | Margaret Beckett: I was moron to nominate Jeremy Corbyn |
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| Ex-Labour Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has described herself as a "moron" for nominating Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership contest. | Ex-Labour Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has described herself as a "moron" for nominating Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership contest. |
| "At no point did I intend to vote for Jeremy myself - nice as he is - nor advise anyone else to do it," she said. | "At no point did I intend to vote for Jeremy myself - nice as he is - nor advise anyone else to do it," she said. |
| "We were being urged as MPs to have a field of candidates," she told the BBC. | "We were being urged as MPs to have a field of candidates," she told the BBC. |
| Ex-adviser to Tony Blair John McTernan had said MPs who "lent" their nominations to Mr Corbyn to "broaden the debate" were "morons". | Ex-adviser to Tony Blair John McTernan had said MPs who "lent" their nominations to Mr Corbyn to "broaden the debate" were "morons". |
| He made his comment on the BBC's Newsnight on Tuesday. | |
| During an interview with BBC Radio 4's World at One Mrs Beckett was asked if she was, as Mr McTernan put it, a moron for nominating Mr Corbyn. She replied: "I am one of them." | |
| Mrs Beckett, who held a series of top positions in the party including being acting leader, is supporting Andy Burnham in the current Labour leadership contest. | |
| She said she had believed there should be a wider debate about austerity and the future direction of the party, but was beginning to regret her decision with Mr Corbyn topping a YouGov poll in The Times. | |
| There are four candidates for Labour leader - Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are the other two. The result will be declared on 12 September. |