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| Corbyn won't take 'charity nominations' to make Labour leadership ballot | |
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| The Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has said he does not want “charity nominations” despite needing more than twice as many backers as he has so far to get on the ballot paper. | The Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has said he does not want “charity nominations” despite needing more than twice as many backers as he has so far to get on the ballot paper. |
| Corbyn needs the support of 35 Labour MPs before Monday night to get to the final round of the contest. He has 17 nominations, the latest from the new MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, Catherine West. The frontrunner, Andy Burnham, has more than 60. | Corbyn needs the support of 35 Labour MPs before Monday night to get to the final round of the contest. He has 17 nominations, the latest from the new MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, Catherine West. The frontrunner, Andy Burnham, has more than 60. |
| Speaking to the Evening Standard on Thursday, Burnham said he “wouldn’t be against” relinquishing some of his nominations to help another candidate get on the ballot paper. | Speaking to the Evening Standard on Thursday, Burnham said he “wouldn’t be against” relinquishing some of his nominations to help another candidate get on the ballot paper. |
| “I wouldn’t be against it as long as it didn’t create something artificial,” he said. “It would have to be something that was used judiciously. But if it was to get someone over the line, I wouldn’t be against it.” | “I wouldn’t be against it as long as it didn’t create something artificial,” he said. “It would have to be something that was used judiciously. But if it was to get someone over the line, I wouldn’t be against it.” |
| Related: Jeremy Corbyn: clear alternative to Tory austerity needs to be presented | Related: Jeremy Corbyn: clear alternative to Tory austerity needs to be presented |
| Corbyn, a key figure on the left of the party who is standing on an anti-austerity platform, has rejected the possibility that he could get through to the final stage of the contest with a helping hand from another candidate. | Corbyn, a key figure on the left of the party who is standing on an anti-austerity platform, has rejected the possibility that he could get through to the final stage of the contest with a helping hand from another candidate. |
| “I’m not particularly into charity nominations,” he told Total Politics. “I want to see a proper debate within the party.” He added: “I want people to choose of their own volition, I don’t want charity.” | “I’m not particularly into charity nominations,” he told Total Politics. “I want to see a proper debate within the party.” He added: “I want people to choose of their own volition, I don’t want charity.” |
| His comments came as the Oxford University Labour Club, the largest in the UK, endorsed Corbyn’s leadership bid. The MP also emerged as the surprise preferred candidate in a survey of readers of the Labour party blog LabourList. | His comments came as the Oxford University Labour Club, the largest in the UK, endorsed Corbyn’s leadership bid. The MP also emerged as the surprise preferred candidate in a survey of readers of the Labour party blog LabourList. |
| Corbyn, who opposed the decision to go to war in Iraq and has defied his party’s whip 284 times since 2005, told the Guardian that his decision to stand came from a desire to present a view that differed from that of the other candidates. | Corbyn, who opposed the decision to go to war in Iraq and has defied his party’s whip 284 times since 2005, told the Guardian that his decision to stand came from a desire to present a view that differed from that of the other candidates. |
| Related: Jeremy Corbyn is in the Labour leadership race. The real debate starts here | Owen Jones | Related: Jeremy Corbyn is in the Labour leadership race. The real debate starts here | Owen Jones |
| “[There were] a number of discussions among left MPs in parliament about what to do and eventually, a week ago, we said we’d try and put somebody’s hat in the ring to try and promote that [anti-austerity] debate,” said Corbyn. | “[There were] a number of discussions among left MPs in parliament about what to do and eventually, a week ago, we said we’d try and put somebody’s hat in the ring to try and promote that [anti-austerity] debate,” said Corbyn. |
| “If we get [on to the ballot paper], great,” he added. “We’ll see what happens, but as far as I’m concerned, we’ve already – by the action we took a week ago – changed the terms of debate.” | “If we get [on to the ballot paper], great,” he added. “We’ll see what happens, but as far as I’m concerned, we’ve already – by the action we took a week ago – changed the terms of debate.” |
| Corbyn said he had not decided which of the other candidates he would back if he failed to raise the necessary support for his own bid, but he added: “The one who’s gone out of his way to agree with me where he can is Andy Burnham – but that’s where he can.” | Corbyn said he had not decided which of the other candidates he would back if he failed to raise the necessary support for his own bid, but he added: “The one who’s gone out of his way to agree with me where he can is Andy Burnham – but that’s where he can.” |
| Labour’s leadership contest, the result of which will be announced on 12 September, was triggered after the resignation of Ed Miliband in the aftermath of the party’s defeat in the general election. | Labour’s leadership contest, the result of which will be announced on 12 September, was triggered after the resignation of Ed Miliband in the aftermath of the party’s defeat in the general election. |
| Also standing for the party leadership are Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West and the shadow minister for care and older people; Andy Burnham, MP for Leigh and the shadow secretary of state for health; Yvette Cooper, MP for Pontefract and Castleford and the shadow home secretary; and Mary Creagh, MP for Wakefield and the shadow secretary of state for international development. | Also standing for the party leadership are Liz Kendall, MP for Leicester West and the shadow minister for care and older people; Andy Burnham, MP for Leigh and the shadow secretary of state for health; Yvette Cooper, MP for Pontefract and Castleford and the shadow home secretary; and Mary Creagh, MP for Wakefield and the shadow secretary of state for international development. |
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