Rebecca Long-Bailey has made her opening pitch for the Labour leadership, avoiding any direct criticism of Jeremy Corbyn but implicitly offering an alternative approach by promising to champion “progressive patriotism”. When Corbyn announced the day after the election that he would resign, Long-Bailey was immediately installed as favourite by some bookmakers. We can take the Labour party back into power. Long-Bailey differentiates herself from Corbyn by saying that as Labour leader she would champion “progressive patriotism”. Long-Bailey also implies in her article that Corbyn has not gone far enough in giving Labour members control over the party.

Source: The Guardian December 29, 2019 22:30 UTC