Labour’s general secretary has warned that voters will punish the party if it goes into the next election telling people “why they are wrong and we are right”. He said Labour was in a good financial position after eliminating its debts and had the biggest membership of any European political party. However, there were signs on Friday that some Labour MPs would never be willing to accept Corbyn’s leadership. “I don’t think Corbyn can lead a Labour party that can ever, ever command a majority and secure government and I will therefore be looking, at every opportunity, to ensure that we have a Labour party which I think is,” she said. “The first clause of the Labour party rules is about Labour working to achieve, to support the party in parliament to get power, not to be a pressure group,” she added.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2016 10:15 UTC