Labour Deputy Leader hopeful Lucy Powell has come out swinging against Starmer, saying that “unforced errors” have meant Labour has given “sense that we’re not on the side of ordinary people.” Still bitter about being sacked…
Powell said on BBC’s Political Thinking podcast:
“Some of the mistakes that we’ve made, or some of the unforced errors, have given a sense that we’re not on the side of ordinary people. I think part of what’s gone wrong is that people have lost sense of what those values are and whose side we are governing.”
She added that Labour needs to be “clearer” about “working towards” scrapping the two-child benefit cap. Powell leads among Labour members on 47%, compared to Number 10’s favourite Bridget Phillipson on 30%, according to a Survation poll. Would be yet another serious headache for Starmer if she wins the race…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”