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Grassroots members happy. i think the weird thing about this to me is that the tories had first mover advantage in this election and they went with that first mover advantage but hadn't sort out sorted out all of their candidates. and i think that they... you know, you can see why labour have had a scramble. you could see why the tories shouldn't have had a scramble because they are the ones who had a heads up, but they've had a scramble too. but candidate selection can often be very messy, so it's not unusual that big political parties end up in a bit of a mess. but susanna it's a very, very ...

Has been using throughout today to try to move on, essentially, from these types of rows, but this resignation this afternoon does not help to die down these rumours. at the end of her resignation letter, faiza shaheen suggested she would be making an announcement tomorrow. if it was that she would be standing as an independent candidate, it would again make this royal rumble on into yet another day when the labour party is hoping to move on and talk about their policies —— would make this row rumble on. they would rather talk about other issues rather talk about other issues rather than a...

Diane abbott issue. there is clearly tension in the back benches of the labour party. keir starmer is trying to present a united front, i think it will fragment quickly. there are all sorts of issues but this is politics, it happens in every party. what i resent is when labour try and present this as something as unique to the conservative party when we have differences. the diane abbott thing shows that is not the case. this is a unique period in british history — this is a unique period in british history the _ this is a unique period in british history. the chopping and changing of prime ...

Characterisation of what is happening. i think personally the diane abbott question, whether she was going to be allowed to stand again, that was handled badly by the party. i don't think that anybody around keir starmer or within labour would claim that that was handled well. but i think more broadly when you look at what is going on with labour's candidate selection, it is very clear that some candidates have resigned late and some candidates of keir starmer�*s choice are being put forward for those seats. what i will say is that that is what every single labour leader does. it is sort of ...

And gets involved are well and truly over, that's what corbyn did and ended badly. you said it was a matter for the nec on candidate selection and you avoided having a view becausejeremy corbyn expressed a view and that leads to a very slippery slope. now, yesterday you gave your view. she said you said she was free to stand. so what's changed 7 is a leader now allowed to intervene in these processes? well, i dealt with that issue yesterday. today is about taking our argument to the country and getting people back to work. there are millions of people who aren't in work, who are on benefits wh...