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| Labour leadership: Jess Phillips joins race to replace Jeremy Corbyn | Labour leadership: Jess Phillips joins race to replace Jeremy Corbyn |
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| Jess Phillips has announced that she is joining the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. | Jess Phillips has announced that she is joining the race to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader. |
| The Birmingham Yardley MP joins shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis as confirmed candidates. | The Birmingham Yardley MP joins shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis as confirmed candidates. |
| Other MPs considering a leadership bid include Sir Keir Starmer, Rebecca Long Bailey and Lisa Nandy. | |
| Mr Corbyn is due to stand down in the wake of the party's election defeat last month. | Mr Corbyn is due to stand down in the wake of the party's election defeat last month. |
| Announcing her leadership bid in Grimsby, where Labour lost to the Conservatives at the election, Ms Phillips said that "something has to change" and that she was standing "because I think that we need more honesty in politics". | Announcing her leadership bid in Grimsby, where Labour lost to the Conservatives at the election, Ms Phillips said that "something has to change" and that she was standing "because I think that we need more honesty in politics". |
| She acknowledged the campaign "won't necessarily be an easy fight" for her, but she thought Labour members were "ready to try something different". | She acknowledged the campaign "won't necessarily be an easy fight" for her, but she thought Labour members were "ready to try something different". |
| Ms Phillips, a vocal critic of Mr Corbyn's leadership, said Labour needed a leader who would "truly speak truth to power" and be able to "take on" Prime Minister Boris Johnson. | Ms Phillips, a vocal critic of Mr Corbyn's leadership, said Labour needed a leader who would "truly speak truth to power" and be able to "take on" Prime Minister Boris Johnson. |
| "I'm able to reach people... and I'm able to get people to trust me even when they don't agree with me, and I think that's what politics needs." | "I'm able to reach people... and I'm able to get people to trust me even when they don't agree with me, and I think that's what politics needs." |
| In a statement, she said Labour would be in "big trouble" if it failed to win back support among its traditional base of working-class voters. | In a statement, she said Labour would be in "big trouble" if it failed to win back support among its traditional base of working-class voters. |
| Ms Phillips also criticised the party's "woeful" response to anti-Semitism cases within the party. | Ms Phillips also criticised the party's "woeful" response to anti-Semitism cases within the party. |
| And she warned the party against "trying to please everyone", which she said had usually meant "we have pleased no-one". | And she warned the party against "trying to please everyone", which she said had usually meant "we have pleased no-one". |
| Under current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs. | Under current rules, would-be candidates for both the leader and deputy leader roles must first be nominated by more than 20 MPs. |
| They must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions. | They must also secure nominations from at least 5% of Labour's constituency parties or three affiliated bodies - two of which must be trade unions. |
| A timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - are set to be decided by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday. | A timetable for the leadership election - and any rule changes - are set to be decided by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) on Monday. |
| Those contenders who - according to the admittedly limited polling we have - are more popular with the current left-wing membership would benefit from a more restricted timetable for the leadership contest. | Those contenders who - according to the admittedly limited polling we have - are more popular with the current left-wing membership would benefit from a more restricted timetable for the leadership contest. |
| Control of the NEC in recent years has moved to the left, so it's unlikely the committee will want to be overly helpful to, say, arch-Corbyn critic Jess Phillips. | Control of the NEC in recent years has moved to the left, so it's unlikely the committee will want to be overly helpful to, say, arch-Corbyn critic Jess Phillips. |
| But a restricted timetable wouldn't just potentially help Rebecca Long-Bailey, who has been dubbed by critics as a "continuity Corbyn candidate". | But a restricted timetable wouldn't just potentially help Rebecca Long-Bailey, who has been dubbed by critics as a "continuity Corbyn candidate". |
| It would likely also favour Sir Keir Starmer, whose pro-EU referendum stance and effective parliamentary performances seem to have, thus far, endeared him to a chunk of the largely pro-Remain membership. | It would likely also favour Sir Keir Starmer, whose pro-EU referendum stance and effective parliamentary performances seem to have, thus far, endeared him to a chunk of the largely pro-Remain membership. |
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| At 38 years old, Ms Phillips is the youngest Labour MP to enter the leadership contest so far. She is also likely to be the only contender never to have held a position in the cabinet or shadow cabinet. | At 38 years old, Ms Phillips is the youngest Labour MP to enter the leadership contest so far. She is also likely to be the only contender never to have held a position in the cabinet or shadow cabinet. |
| She has campaigned against Brexit, despite her Birmingham Yardley constituency, which she has represented since becoming an MP in 2015, opting for Leave in the 2016 referendum. | She has campaigned against Brexit, despite her Birmingham Yardley constituency, which she has represented since becoming an MP in 2015, opting for Leave in the 2016 referendum. |
| Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey have said they are considering running. | Shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer and shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey have said they are considering running. |
| Wigan MP Lisa Nandy - who resigned from the shadow cabinet in 2016 after the Brexit referendum - is also considering throwing her hat into the ring. | Wigan MP Lisa Nandy - who resigned from the shadow cabinet in 2016 after the Brexit referendum - is also considering throwing her hat into the ring. |
| There will also be an election for a new deputy leader, with shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon announcing his candidacy on Twitter, and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner receiving the backing of Ms Long-Bailey. | There will also be an election for a new deputy leader, with shadow justice secretary Richard Burgon announcing his candidacy on Twitter, and shadow education secretary Angela Rayner receiving the backing of Ms Long-Bailey. |
| Earlier, former deputy leader Tom Watson said the new leader's "first task" will be to explain why the party has not won an election for a decade. | Earlier, former deputy leader Tom Watson said the new leader's "first task" will be to explain why the party has not won an election for a decade. |
| He added that shadow cabinet members wanting to succeed Mr Corbyn will face "particular pressure" over the party's last manifesto. | He added that shadow cabinet members wanting to succeed Mr Corbyn will face "particular pressure" over the party's last manifesto. |