Labour leadership candidates Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips won applause from MPs at a hustings for warning that a serious change of course is needed for the party. She told the MPs: “In losing the election we let down the people who rely on us. Our No 1 duty as Labour MPs is to learn the lessons of defeat and make sure we don’t repeat them. “We lost because too few voters thought Labour spoke for them, and because they didn’t trust us to deal with antisemitism. Scotland’s only Labour MP, Ian Murray, has also announced he is throwing his hat into the ring for the deputy leadership.

Source: The Guardian January 07, 2020 21:12 UTC