Lisa Nandy today demanded that 'Empire' is removed from OBE honours because it 'alienates' people. The Labour leadership hopeful insisted doing away with the reference to Britain's colonial past would help make the country 'different'. 'Benjamin Zephaniah OBE – no way Mr (Tony) Blair, no way Mrs Queen. At the hustings, the four Labour candidates - Ms Nandy, Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long-Bailey and Emily Thornberry - struck distinctly different tones on Brexit. Both Ms Nandy and Ms Long-Bailey said efforts should now be redirected into ensuring a good trade is struck with Brussels.

Source: Daily Mail February 01, 2020 16:08 UTC