Sentences with phrase «blairite candidates for the leadership»
An orchestrated parade of former party luminaries grown fat on privatised directorships has denounced Ed Miliband's modest departures from the New Labour script, echoed by his brother, David, and a clutch of hopeful Blairite candidates for the leadership.
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Leicester West MP and defeated leadership candidate Liz Kendall has shared a tweet from «Comrade Gintz» calling for a «final solution to purge Blairite scum» from the party.
Pushed on how she felt about being seen as the Blairite candidate for the Labour leadership, she was a bit coy:
The Guardian reports this morning that the former Foreign Secretary is accused of «buying» the leadership election as wealthy Blairite donors push his campaign chest to # 200,000 - causing what the paper describes as a «disparity in financial backing» for the five candidates, which it believes to be «a big issue».
The Party is dependent on the donations of millions of union members; unions have representatives on the National Executive Committee and the National Policy Forum; they can send delegates to Constituency Labour Parties; they make up a third of the electoral college (thus preventing the most Blairite candidate for the Labour leadership from taking the crown); and they have a major role in selecting prospective Labour candidates.