labour could fight tojoin the eu if labour elects jess phillips fight tojoin the eu if labour electsjess phillips as leader. fight tojoin the eu if labour elects jess phillips as leader. she is polling at 12% in the leadership campaign, she is one of the very few people who can break through what is seen as that kind ofjust repetitive cycle of labour, people who don't really capture the imagination. clearly, boris johnson grabbed really capture the imagination. clearly, borisjohnson grabbed all the charisma points and that was lacking in the labour leadership —— labourcampaign. lacking in the labour leadership —— labour campaign. jess phillips could be seen as a bright antidote but she is up against other public figures like kier starmer who has quite clearly stated he is offering an alternative view, is a former devout remainer, he is saying those decisions are passed, they are putting themselves into different camps going forward into this leadership campaign. why is the daily telegraph put in the summer front page? they are big fans of jess phillips and want to get their messa

let's move on to the eye and labour in line for the next labour leader. and then there were five. for women, one meant of the search year starmer is the frontrunner at the moment. what you make of the line up for the labour leadership?” you make of the line up for the labour leadership? i think it is definitely interesting because i think there is quite a lot of difference in the way a lot of them are talking about issues that matter to them. i think that lisa 90 for example brings this northern and labour heartland sentiment with her onto the table, keir starmer i would suggest the sort of cosmopolitan figure in very much the remaining camp. jess phillips also somewhere and then you've got the corbynista candidate if you like which i would suggest is rebecca long—bailey, the continuity corbin candidate how some people have described her. it's interesting to have quite a lot of those different views on the table but i think it is... it will be interesting to see how they then present themselves as what they are bringing which is slightly different to the other people. we can t

not many people have no better in the labour party —— outside of the labour party —— outside of the labour party. keir starmer is the frontrunner and he is an experienced parliamentarian, a senior shadow minister and experienced in public life performing that came across strongly. emily thornberry has got great character and great possession when she speaks and jess phillips as jess phillips, everyone knows what you get with her. the person who has lagged behind is rebecca long—bailey who was thought to be the favourite ina way who was thought to be the favourite in a way because she is the most corbynite and continuity candidate but i think it comes out the party don't really want continuity carbon, they want a chance of winning the next election. you will correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm sure you said that if rebecca long—bailey was picked, it would see the demise of the party, is that right?” picked, it would see the demise of the party, is that right? i think if rebecca long—bailey is a leader it is game over and the maze will break up is game over and the maze will break up do

labour weekly estimates it has 284,000 today. so there is some presumably, populist sense of dissatisfaction with it. >> and i think there is a sense among a lot of labour people that we say one thing in opposition and do something else in government. and e real reason, or one of the major reasons, why we're going for party reform nowst is to try and e credibility and tegrity because the labour party is a socialist party. it always has been. people actually vote labour in the expectation that there will be a change in the structureci of power in y. and i'm afraid they'd be disappointed because, over the last 20 years, labour party leadership has been, really, a visionist leadership. it's tried to bury its -- its commitment to socialism, and i think that's a factor, mylf, in the decline in our support. >> does the defeat of corbyn disprove benn's argument? >> yes. i mean, there'ry clear lesson here, because, essentially, jeremy corbyn tk the tony benn political approach and gave it a road t and what it turns out is that, if you ha

but i‘ve never known a time when a radical labour government was so known a time when a radical labour government was so needed. look at the inequality around you, look at what has happened over the last ten yea rs, what has happened over the last ten years, whether we measure it in homelessness, lack of affordable homes, securejobs, insecurejobs, the decimation of public services, i‘ve never known a time when we so need a radical labour government. the immoral fight against injustice and poverty and homelessness isjust as big a immoralfight as it was in the election —— the moralfight. we need to be up for that fight, the fight for economicjustice, need to be up for that fight, the fight for economic justice, social justice, and climate justice. fight for economic justice, social justice, and climatejustice. we need to be up for the fight, and in that fight, and the first thing we need to do is be united. united as a party and movement. applause we cannot fight the tories if we are fighting each other. factionalism has got to go. applause the question should not be which side are

our coalition of labour voters and labour members has two very big hearts in this game. we have got to send that fight to borisjohnson to make sure that in grimsby he is delivering exactly what he promised on the side of a bus, at the same time as making sure that in our london seats, people feel we are not going to turn away from europe. tell me what democracy looks like. this is what democracy looks like. the shadow foreign secretary, emily thornbury, who campaigned for another referendum said that labour had to unite now against the conservatives. we may well end up facing a no—deal brexit, and we have to take the fight to that, because in the end, what unites all of us is that we have to look afterjobs and the economy because that is what we are about. as for its new leader, the candidates will be vying for the support they will need to make it to the final round of voting. and susana is here with me now. we had a flavour of what was said but anything else to add to that? the candidates really putting across the case of why they think they can ta ke the case of why

. >> if you were a labour leader, it? would you have dealt with >> well, you you must have, first of all, the appropriate disciplinary procedures.ha secondly, yo to have a zero-tolerance policy. thirdly, you've got to recognizt in the anti-semitic tropes, there is a worldviewti as well as a plar view, and the worldview is about globalists, it's about a series of tropes about who's "runng the world." and it's a dangerous worldviewca e it's misguided and wrong, and you have to take on the ideology as well as e practicality. >> is it an ideology or a conspiracy theory? >> well, it's a conspiracy thry is a better way of putting it. >> yeah. is it your view that jeremy corbyn is anti-semitic?>> don't think that that's where i want to take the argument. what he's allowed to happen is, two words that i never believed i would see in the same paragraph, never mind headline, "labour," my party, and "anti-semitism." the same paragraphadline.them in and that's on his watch,pen. and it's his responsibility. i appreciate that you don't

give us your political take on the labour leadership campaign. us your political take on the labour leadership campaignlj us your political take on the labour leadership campaign. i need to say this at the top of this, the daily mirror, quite a key layer in most leadership contest, like the sun is for the conservative contests. we are withholding judgement. we want to listen to all the candidates. what i‘m saying is a personal view. actually, i am quite a strong admirer of lisa nandy. i think she speaks a lot of common sense. she is very rooted in her constituency of wigan. she understands it. her majority went down in the december election. but she compared the neighbouring seats which all fell to the conservatives, she showed remarkable resilience and bucked the trend. so that one bit of a red while held up there. and, you know, she is for deeply about what labour needs to do to reconnect with communities like wigan —— red wall. and all the other ones you can think of. so the downside, the problem she may overcome our she of. so the downside, the problem she may overcome our she helped

he has been following the twists and turns of the labour leadership campaignfor turns of the labour leadership campaign for us. first off, remind us campaign for us. first off, remind us what emily thornberry had to say earlier today. argument seems to be mostly about experience. she has been a labour mostly about experience. she has beena labourmp mostly about experience. she has been a labour mp for a while, and that she has been a prominent campaigner for even longer. a that she has been a prominent campaignerfor even longer. a lot that she has been a prominent campaigner for even longer. a lot of the pitch we heard from her earlier this evening was about her track record in taking on borisjohnson. she is the shadow foreign secretary, she went up against borisjohnson when he was the foreign secretary. but also, a warning we're hearing from a lot of the leadership candidates, that the path back to power is not going to be easy. labour were thumped at the general election as we know last month. i think there is a bit of realism in all these campaigns. everyone saying look i won't do this over

, and labour values is what matters. another backbench mp putting herself forward says those at the top of the party are out of touch, and only someone from labour's former heartlands, like her, can lead it to success. i think there is definitely a disconnect between the hierarchy of the labour party and the country. what we haven't understood is that "take back control" resonated like no other slogan in my lifetime. why did it resonate? because people lack the means to affect change in their own lives. with emily thornberry and clive lewis also in the running, there are now five confirmed contenders. the shadow business secretary, rebecca long—bailey, long seen asjeremy corbyn's preferred successor, is expected to join the contest soon. labour's ruling body will meet tomorrow to finalise the rules and timetable for the leadership election, which will determine the party's future. a winner should be known in around 12 weeks. jonathan blake, bbc news. that is it from me. marion will be back with you at the top of the ho

time, it's about the spectrum within the labour partym is, but i want to lead a labour party that is trusted enough to bring about fundamental change. i don't need somebody else's name or badge to do that. what we forget in all this is that all the leaders in the labour party, all the teams of leaders, they have to do it for the circumstances as they are. one labour party member told us on monday that keir starmer is sensible, but sensible is not very appealing. you get that? throughout this leadership campaign, you will get different views from everybody on all of the candidates, and i com pletely on all of the candidates, and i completely accept that. you need someone who is able to, as it were, be capable of being respected and seen as someone who is trustable and trusted across the whole united kingdom. some people think you're out for a decade now. it is a mountain to climb, but i'm determined to claim that mountain. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. the time isjust the time is just after quarter past six. our top story this evening... the world is facing a moment of crisis over clima

he is not the obviousjeremy labour members. he is not the obvious jeremy corbyn labour members. he is not the obviousjeremy corbyn candidate, because that is rebecca long bailey, but her campaign is struggling to get off the ground. momentum is the pro—jeremy corbyn grassroots campaign who helped jeremy corbyn win the leadership elections he won, they have said they will ballot their members on who to back but quite clearly they want it to be rebecca long bailey. they are recommending to their members get behind and that will give her a big boost and although keir starmer appears to be out in front at the moment i would suggest over the next few months before we get the next labour leader there is room for movement in that race. when it gets going and when some of the more radical pro—jeremy corbyn groups start their weight about suspect that will work well for rebecca long bailey but there are other candidates, as well. lisa nandi, clive lewis, emily thornberry, jess phillips. they will be looking to make up ground over the next few weeks. the first thing is who will get th

labour parties across the uk. the candidates who go through after today will have to win the backing of two trade unions or more than 30 local labour parties across the uk. those who do that will go forward to the ballot, a postal ballot, of labour party members and registered supporters, and it is that vote which will decide the eventual winner, that i’u ns decide the eventual winner, that runs from the 21st of january through to the 2nd of april, and the winner will be announced a couple of days after that. we might have a fair idea come this afternoon of the shape of the race. when unions get involved and the membership as a they are a difficult and disparate group to predict, it could all change again. thank you very much. the taal volcano in the philippines has thrown molten rock into the sky, triggering official warnings that a hazardous eruption of toxic gas may be imminent. sped—up footage of the spewing earlier shows the plume of white smoke that's several kilometres high. as tremors shook the area yo

and labour values is what matters. and another backbencher launched her campaign, promising to reconnect with voters in the midlands and north. i think there is definitely a disconnect between the hierarchy of the labour party and the country. what we haven't understood is that "take back control" resonated like no other slogan in my lifetime. why did it resonate? because people lack the means to effect change in their own lives. with emily thornberry and clive lewis having already declared, there are now five confirmed contenders. and shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey is also expected to join the contest. labour's ruling body meets tomorrow to decide the rules for the election, an election which may decide the future direction of the party for a generation to come. 0ur political correspondent, tony bonsignore, is with me now. another name added to the list but how does his message differfrom others we have heard? all these candidates, it's a delicate balance. they have got to promise a fresh start of som

he says that labour can unite, retain our values, mirror. he says that labour can unite, retain ourvalues, and mirror. he says that labour can unite, retain our values, and to win at what he says is the dawn of a new decade. but he is clear to see that labour voters and supporters will be hotting up to what he described as a devastating election defeat. we can't bury our heads in the sun, labour must rebuild, and fast. you have to restore trust in a party as a force for change and a force for good. that language is interesting, because you're talking about rebuilding and restoring labour. no talk of a big change in direction. he has been very careful, i think, here, to appeal to jeremy he has been very careful, i think, here, to appeal tojeremy corbyn‘s significant support base within the liberal party, and indicate that he is not going to take it off in an entirely direction. talking about the values of poverty, inequality and injustice being as important as ever, and that labour mustn't lose sight of those, a retreat from the radicalism

, labour voters, know who you are. so for the 91% who don't, who are. so for the 91% who don't, who are you? i am a human being that has beenin are you? i am a human being that has been in the labour party most of my life. a family man. i live in the city of norwich. and someone who wa nts to city of norwich. and someone who wants to lead this party, he wants to win at the next general election, not 10—15 years. and i understand that if we want to that direction we must transform fundamentally you we are, to win. i'm going to ask more about you, i want to know what makes you tick. your experiences in childhood, the way you are brought up, that have shaped you and made you labour. my dad is from grenada, a british colony in the caribbean and my mum's side of the family are from england. all members of my family play a part but my grandad and my dad played a particular part. they were both trade unions. my grandad was also a veteran in the second world war. what he taught me was, he was a passionate socialist, but he w

leader is until a. —— april. who the new labour leader is until a. -- april. countdown clock will be projected onto downing street to mark the moment the uk leaves the eu onjanuary mark the moment the uk leaves the eu on january 81. that is mark the moment the uk leaves the eu onjanuary 81. that is according to plans just released the government. loadings around whitehall will also be lit up as part of the light show on the night and union flags will be loa n on the night and union flags will be loan on all the polls in parliament square. plans have been revealed as number 10 comes under increased pressure to support a bid for big ben to chime on the day. the proposal has been ruled out by a commons official despite a suggestion by the prime minister that it would happen. iran's supreme leader has urged his country to unite while launching another fierce attack on the us and european nations. leading friday prayers for the first time in many a decade, the ayatolla hs the first time in many a decade, the ayatollahs are defended the country's armed forces after

"the labour party loves a good loser". somebody said that to me in a bid to console me following the election result. and i think we need to be more brutal in our assessment of what matters to the electorate. i think we need to be more brutal in our assessment of win—ability, of whether somebody can win, and whether or not the person who is elected our leader is seen as a credible prime minister. n0 consensus among his activists on who. it'd be lisa nandy for me. like i said, it would be a really poor reflection on the labour party if in 2020, or 2025, by the next election, that we'll have never had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies, it is entirely the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas, and a lot of disappointments, really. disappointment has all too often have been labour's predicament. choosing

on brexit, let's be clear about what the labour party was doing. we were determined to try and stop the damage that we thought a theresa may or borisjohnson deal would do. but, in terms of your own plan, you were trying to have it both ways and it failed. we were trying to bring together both sides, whether they voted leave or remain, but i think the idea that brexit was the only issue in this election is wrong, or even that, in our heartlands, it was the determining factor, because actually, if you look at what has happened in our heartlands, we have been losing votes there for a long time. the point isn't necessarily about any of the individual policies. you were part of the top team that has just taken labour to another historic defeat, so how can you be the person to turn the page? because we need to restore that trust and understand what has happened. i didn't meet anybody on the election trail who said, everything is fine, i don't want anything to change. people were crying out for change, theyjust didn't believe our party was the party that

labour's florence eshalomi who retained vauxhall for her party. starting a newjob is stressful at the best of times, but imagine walking into that building on day one. i asked them how it felt. it's very humbling, very intimidating and very easy to get lost. and i think you just sort of try and take deep breaths and take it all in. you basically go into a series of introduction meetings, and they try and tell you everything and you don't take very much of it in. did you find the same, florence? it's the same. i think like mark, i always look for the new mps. we all have special lanyards and whenever we are going somewhere and i get lost, ijust follow the crowd, really. and one of the most testing moments is your maiden speech, which you've both now delivered. mark, yours was mainly — a lot of it was paying tribute to your predecessor, which is quite hard, isn't it, when you've got a veteran labour predecessor! erm...i didn't think it was hard. i think it was... to get the tone right, which was something that was really important to me, because a

, and labour values is what matters. another backbench mp putting herself forward says those at the top of the party are out of touch, and only someone from labour's former heartlands, like her, can lead it to success. i think there is definitely a disconnect between the hierarchy of the labour party and the country. what we haven't understood is that "take back control" resonated like no other slogan in my lifetime. why did it resonate? because people lack the means to affect change in their own lives. with emily thornberry and clive lewis also in the running, there are now five confirmed contenders. the shadow business secretary rebecca long—bailey, long seen asjeremy corbyn's preferred successor, is expected to join the contest soon. labour's ruling body will meet tomorrow to finalise the rules and timetable of the leadership election, which will determine the party's future. the winner should be known in around 12 weeks. jonathan blake, bbc news. cricket now, and it was england s day in capetown, on day three of th

have a lesson to her making her pitch on what labour would stand for if she was laboured. my kind of socialism is the kind in which we all rise together. my kind of socialism is a britain in which everyone is free to dream, free to climb and free to succeed. applause. and i'm not talking about social mobility for a lucky few, i'm talking about a society in which structural inequality and financial insecurity are gone. so that's her pitch on her broad philosophy. you're going to hear it a lot in this leadership campaign about how the various candidates want to communicate with potential labour voters outside london. we know that labour lost its heartlands in the general election in december, rebecca long—bailey talking a lot about devolving power, taking it away from london. really interesting that she was notjust away from london. really interesting that she was not just talking away from london. really interesting that she was notjust talking about westminster, she was also taking that a lot of people in and pass you have voted labour felt that brussels wishes to far—

run for the labour leadership. the shadow brexit secretary said the party had lost the public‘s trust as a force for good and change. this report from tony bonsignore contains flashing images. into the spotlight, the latest contender for the labour leadership. sir keir starmer is promising to restore voters' faith in labour whilst keeping some of its radical manifesto policies. but as a staunch remainer who campaigned for a second referendum, he faces questions after the party's election defeat. the argument has to move on, and the argument now is, can we insist on that close relationship with the eu, close economic relationship, but collaboration in other areas, and also, what is the framework now for future trade relations? it's becoming a crowded field. jess phillips, a long—standing critic ofjeremy corbyn, says she can communicate with voters who have abandoned the party. this has got to be about whether the labour party can speak and connect and be trusted by the public. none of it matters, about this figh

we are all part of the labour movement, the brass church of the labour movement, we all share labour movement values. but the only way we will to turn this around is to listen to the public. we cannot say that the message is wrong republic did not hear it. the message was wrong, the public added, they responded in the election. and as angela rayner said yesterday, this party has to listen and respond in change, or it will die. when you say it will die, are you saying that if rebecca long—bailey was elected leader and persisted with jeremy long—bailey was elected leader and persisted withjeremy corbyn's policies, that in effect would be the deathknell for the labour party? the public are screaming at us. they desperately wanted to vote for it labour party that could be a credible alternative government. first of all it has to be a credible opposition, and the way we do that as we listen to what the public were screaming at us on the 12th of december. i knocked on many doors with labour supporters, who had voted labour all their life, who we re voted labour all their life, who were

the shadow brexit secretary, keir starmer, enters the race to become labour leader. he'll launch his campaign in stevenage tomorrow. police appeal for information after a food delivery driver was stabbed to death in north london last night. and julia's journey to understand what family really means. that's my very extended family in half an hour here on bbc news. two mortar rounds have landed near the us embassy in baghdad and rockets have hit a base housing american troops following the assassination of an iranian military commander. no casualities have been reported. general qasem soleimani was hit by a us drone attack outside baghdad airport on thursday. thousands of people have taken part in his funeral procession in the iraqi capital. tehran has vowed to seek revenge on the us for his death. here, the defence secretary, ben wallace, has said the royal navy will be accompanying ships through the strait of hormuz, a vital route for global oil supplies off iran's south coast. our middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, reports. they came in their thousands

her argument is that labour needs to focus on winning back its heart lands, areas that had voted labour for decades, and stopped doing so back in december. let me just read you one paragraph from what she says. she says, i'm standing because i know too many people in places like wigan no longer feel they have a voice in our national story. basically, she is saying that there are many parts of the country that feel disaffected with westminster politics and the best solution to that is to get someone best solution to that is to get someone like her who is representing one of those areas in to sort out that issue. i must say, just phillips who announced she was standing a couple of hours ago it has quite a similar argument as well. she says that people have lost trust in the labour party, that's why it did so catastrophic catastrophically back in the election back in december, but she believes that she has that reputation for being a straight talking politician that she can fix that. she can persuade people of labour cosmic merits and win back some of those voters who have deserted the par

and position labour to that part of the electorate. speaking to bbc early today she said the next labour leader will have to heal the divisions. the last years have been riven by division and have been a difficult few years for every member of the party. but i am someone who comes traditionally from the left of the party, iwork comes traditionally from the left of the party, i work with child refugees and homeless teenagers before i came into parliament. i worked for a member of a parliament who was a housing worker. no one person has a monopoly on wisdom in the party. this likely thing of this contest so far as the two people widely considered the frontrunners have not yet formally declared that they will be standing. the shadow brexit secretary keir starmer and rebecca along bailey, it is widely anticipated they will declare their leadership over the next few days. councils are calling for increased powers to fine fly—tippers after figures showed incidents increased by 50% in england over the last six years. more than a million cas

she will also want to make very clear to the labour membership that she is someone labour membership that she is someone determined to take the fight to the conservatives particularly in the north of england. lisa nandy is someone the north of england. lisa nandy is someone who will emphasise the need for labour to regain trust in those so—called labour heartlands, those areas particularly in the north of england where labour underperformed quite dramatically at the recent election, resulting in a lot of conservative gains. she also emphasised the need for reconciliation inside the party. speaking on the bbc earlier today, she spoke about the need for unity. in the last few years, we have been riven by division and they have been difficult for every single activist, member, councillor and member of parliament in the party. i am someone parliament in the party. i am someone who parliament in the party. i am someone who comes parliament in the party. i am someone who comes traditionally from the left of the party, i work with child refugees and homeless teenagers before i came into p

shall we talk for a bit about the labour leadership? yes. to put it gently, there is a lot of soul—searching going on amongst labour mps, privately and publicly, about what on earth went wrong and where they go next and the extent to which it was the leader or was it brexit and the rest, and what we have now, live and running, is the discussion about labour's future, and therefore an appointment with the bbc's political editor from each of the wannabes to be scrutinised and work out where they stand and where they want to take the labour party. i can't let the use of the term "fisher people" go past, because i had not yet realised you were supposed to say that. from a look on google, i gather it has been a big discussion. i think, in canada, justin trudeau now talks officially about fisher people rather than fishermen. orfishers. that sounds a bit weird. anyway, let's move on. i didn't ask sir keir starmer today about whether he would use the term fisher people and, if he is lucky enough to become labour leader, if he would use it. a big o

here he is on andrew marr a short while ago on that labour brexit policy. people wanted clarity and leadership but i actually what was coming up on the doorstep and what the teams were telling me and my own experience was not so much people saying to me i don't like labour's position, but they had bought the idea that if you voted tory you would get brexit done and we didn't knock it down hard enoughin and we didn't knock it down hard enough in the election. i'd have liked the opportunity to knock it down hard because that was what was coming back, people saying to us, this will get brexit done. we hadn't wrestled that phrase to the ground. keir starmer, not the only labour mp putting themselves forward over the last few days. we've had two backbenchers, just phillips and lisa nandy. emily thornberry, clive lewis, and also we are expecting rebecca long—bailey who is thought to bea rebecca long—bailey who is thought to be a favourite ofjoni corbin and the existing labour leadership. there will have to be some pruning before they get a leader. thank you v

labour heartlands, those areas, particularly in the north of england, where labour under perform quite dramatically at the recent election, resulting in a lot of conservative gains. she also emphasised the need for reconciliation inside the party. speaking on the bbc earlier today she spoke about the need for unity. in the last few years have been riven by division and they have been a difficult few years for every single activist, councillor and memberof the single activist, councillor and member of the party. i am someone who comes traditionally from the left of the party, i worked with child refugees and homeless teenagers before i came into parliament. i work for a member of parliament. i work for a member of parliament to the left of the party asa parliament to the left of the party as a house caseworker. i see our strength across the party, no one person has the monopoly on wisdom. 0ne slightly odd thing about the way this contest is operating so far is that the two people who are presumed to be out in front as the most likely candidates to succeed jeremy corbyn have not as yet f

he was very, very closely linked to labour's brexit policy. here he is on andrew marr a short while ago on that labour brexit policy. people wanted clarity and leadership, but i actually... what was coming up on the doorsteps and what the teams were telling me, in my own experience, was not so much people saying to me, "i don't much like labour's position," but they had bought the idea that if you voted tory, you would get brexit done. we didn't knock it down hard enough in the election, and i would have liked the opportunity to knock it down hard because that was coming back. people were saying to us, "that will get brexit done." we hadn't destroyed and wrestled that phrase to the ground. sir keir starmer, not the only labour mp putting themselves forward over the last few days. we have had two backbenchers, lisa nandy and jess phillips, we have also had clive lewis and emily thornbury and we are also expecting rebecca long—bailey, who is thought to be a favourite ofjeremy corbyn and the existing labour leadership. the deputy chairman of th

the labour party loves a good loser. somebody said that to me in a bid to console me following the election result. and i think we need to be more brutal in our assessment of what matters to the electorate. i think we need to be more brutal with our assessment of winnability, of whether somebody can win, and whether or not the person that is elected our leader is seen as a credible prime minister. n0 consensus among his activists on who. lisa nandy, for me. it would be a really poor reflection on the labour party, if in 2020, or in 2025 by the next election, that we've never have had a female leader. what is it you like about rebecca long—bailey? it is the policies. she knows her stuff about how to make the policies work. keir is steady and sensible. and i know sensible isn't terribly appealing, but i think it's what we need. you know, we've had some pretty mad ideas. and a lot of disappointment, really. disappointment has all too often been labour's predicament. choosing a new leader and deputy is a chance, at least,

but, who could build a labour government? way ahead among mps is sir keir starmer, the shadow brexit secretary. wigan mp lisa nandy is in the race.

i think what labour needs is a leader who is capable of restoring trust in the labour party as a force for good and a force for change. he is the mps' favourite, but it is labour's members who will choose the next leader, the contest after a stinging defeat. you were, though, a very prominent part ofjeremy corbyn's team and it went down in a terrible defeat, so you were part of the problem. why should you be part of the solution? there are many reasons we lost the election in 2019, but we've lost four, we've lost four elections in a row and therefore identifying a particular thing in this election isn't going to help. but on two big issues, the brexit plan, you were in charge of that, and anti—semitism, racism against jewish people that the party didn't take seriously enough, you say that now, but you were in the room at the top table. we need to understand what happened. as i said, i didn't meet anybody on the election trail who said, "everything is fine, i don't want anything to change." people were crying out for change, theyjust didn't believe our party was the party that could d

lisa nandy will be focusing on the labour heartlands in northern england, where labour did not perform as well as expected. i think she will want to emphasise as someone who is particularly well placed to reposition labour and pitch them to that sector of the electorate. she said the next labour leader will have to bring the party together and heal the divisions it suffered. the last few years have been riven by division and it has been riven by division and it has beena very been riven by division and it has been a very difficult few years for every single activist, member, councillor and member of parliament and the party. but i am somebody who comes traditionally... i worked with child refugees before coming into the party, iworked child refugees before coming into the party, i worked as a housing caseworker, but i see the strength in all of our traditions across the party. now one person has the monopoly of wisdom —— on wisdom. party. now one person has the monopoly of wisdom -- on wisdom. the slightly odd thing about this contest so far, is that the two people widely considere

labour leadership in the independent, labour pan byjess phillips... how do you see the labour leadership contest shaping up with several so far, i think one thing that is been a bit of a surprise is... it doesn't seem to be much of a contest in terms of ideas. keir starmer having been the frontrunner from the start is playing a quite safe. we saw on the hustings and the weekend that they are not hustings and the weekend that they a re not really hustings and the weekend that they are not really prepared to challenge each other in the same way that you would expect you think he still is the front runner? well it is split depending on which pulley look at. now increasing your getting poster members with rebecca long—bailey. as of today he‘s in a strong position has another backing of another union and formally qualified onto the next stage. but i think when you compare to what happened to labour in the 805, you think a general election results by 2019 would prompt real fight within the party to try and figure out where the future should be. and you

what is the way back for labour? there is an awful lot to do, we need to hear more of her prospectus. she is going to be on the ballot paper, you need 21 mp5 supporting you, 5% of constituency labour parties and 5% of affiliate is. jess phillips has also put her name down officially, so two female candidates in the last 24 hours. and it is perhaps important for the labour party, a party with a 120 year history committed to quality, but it finally has a woman leader, but it finally has a woman leader, but if you look at the first pull of who members want, kier starmer was co mforta bly who members want, kier starmer was comfortably ahead, so you could argue this is a contest for kier starmer to lose, but some people who left the labour party blame him for muddying labour‘s brexit message. one quick question, i noticed that lee said that —— lisa nandy did not go into anything about social care, which you would expect from a labour leader. it is the biggest crisis she would argue confronting us. the other question

the former labour harm secretary, it is 26 minutes past five. —— labour government... the first—named storm of the year will hit much of the western half of the uk over the coming hours. storm brendan is forecast to bring gusts of 80 or even 90 miles per hour in places. the met office has yellow weather warnings in place for northern ireland and western parts of scotland, wales and england. our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie is in ardrossan on the north ayrshire coast. alexander what can you tell us about the clearly very blustery conditions there? extremely blustery to put it mildly, stormont brandon has been battling this cost —— battering this coastline for most of today. it has calmed down just within the last hour, but before that, you can see phenomenal waves just coming right over the promenade and into the car parks here. but that has eased as the storm continues to move away from here now and further east. we we re from here now and further east. we were also down at the ardrossan fair reports today where people would usually had been getting

the labour mp rebecca long bailey becomes the sixth candidate to join the race to become the next labour leader. the volunteer firemen leading the fight against the devastating fires in australia. it's like they said, people, they call is crazy. it's true. everyone i’u ns call is crazy. it's true. everyone runs away from it, we run into it. we don't do it for the love of it, we do it because no—one else will. and at 11.30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers michael booker and miatta fahnbulleh — stay with us for that. good evening. our main story is that the worst serial rapist in british criminal history has been jailed for life by a court in manchester with a minimum term of 30 years. reynhard sinaga, who's from indonesia, was a phd student in the city who drugged his victims before attacking them. he was convicted today at manchester crown court of 159 offences against 48 victims, many of them young men, and thejudge said sinaga would never be safe to be released. police say they think the true number of his victims approached 200, and they've app

in the lords, labour said the revelation was both "shocking" and "worrying". does the noble lord accept that this is a huge failure on the part of the government, and that it is possible that dangerous offenders have returned to their home country without the uk making proper notification to the authorities? and when the error was discovered, it was not corrected, shamefully, because of a risk of reputational damage to the uk. can the noble lord give the house a timescale for clearing the backlog of these notifications to be made, and what is the noble lord's department doing to review procedures to eliminate the scandalous situation, which was discussed at meetings, but not acted upon? the noble lord is entirely correct. this is a very serious matter that is taken very seriously by the government, and we can't duck the importance of getting this right. but if i may sayjust a few words of context to explain what is an incredibly complex and technical matter. britain remains one of the leading contributors of data to the equus system. interestingly, uk sent 30,

that is what the labour party needs to do. applause. jess, not quite the north but certainly outside of london. does that give you a better perspective? set the midlands will be lostjust as many seats as we lost in the northern regions. peep may be part ofan empowering northern regions. peep may be part of an empowering and people are different than the ones on the doorsteps that i not, but people wanted decent services and wanted the council is to be able to afford to deliver their decent services. i don't think it matters, i think it is patronising to working class people are people that don't live in london to think that they can't understand somebody who is from london. theyjust voted for boris johnson. what i would say about what we need to do to reach people is to actually have the same lighting spaces them. for me to stand opposite borisjohnson, is notjust in my childhood that this man and his government has affected my life, my son literally cannot go to school five days a week. my brother is on universal credit. we need someone