When leadership nominations close on 20 July, the struggle for a Lib Dem renaissance will be handed to Cable. (totalpolitics.com)
In the following days, several Labour MPs — including Field, Joan Ryan (who applied, as McDonagh had, for leadership nomination papers, and became the second rebel to be fired from her job), Jim Dowd, Greg Pope, and others who had previously held positions in government — said they wanted a contest. (en.wikipedia.org)
This is reflected in the fact that this is at least the eighth change to Labour's leadership nomination rules since 1981. (theconversation.com)