London mayor calls on Labour Party members to replace leader

“Sadiq hasn’t consulted us or Labour Party members across London about this latest statement”.

“Yes, we do have to win over some people that have been tempted to vote Tory”, he added.

“Winning elections is how you really make a difference. Why would things be different in a general election?” He is particularly popular among younger voters who face difficulties in getting jobs and owning homes.

“I would call on Jeremy to show leadership here tonight and ask the people to stop booing Labour MPs and genuinely work with us and not encourage this or allow this to happen”, he said. What I want to do is achieve a world where we don’t need to go to war, where there is no need for it.

The event in Birmingham was the fourth.

“Owen is travelling from Kent to Stratford before coming to Basildon on that day”.

Mr Jeffries said: “He said: “Our members voted overwhelmingly in support of Jeremy Corbyn”.

Endorsing Owen Smith as the best man to lead Labour, Khan said he served with Smith in the shadow cabinet, and commended his “strong Labour values”.

“The suggestion that Jeremy is the only socialist in our party is an insult to many of us who are socialists”.

“If you are poor and up against it in Milton Keynes, in Shrewsbury, or anywhere else you are poor and up against it, therefore the message we are putting forward about an economy that doesn’t accept the political choice of austerity, instead invests for all, I think is a very powerful one”.

Mr Corbyn secured nominations from 285 CLPs while Mr Smith got 53.

He said he will seek to “reach out” if re-elected as leader to develop a “coherent, cohesive” Opposition.

Jeremy Corbyn’s un-electability is one of the major arguments critics within his party cite for why he should be replaced by Owen Smith. Jack Dromey being told he’s not supposed to be polite and civil with Corbyn?

Writing on Facebook, the Pontypridd MP said: “There can be absolutely no negotiation with any terrorist group until they renounce violence, cease all acts of terror and commit themselves to a peaceful settlement”.

Mr Smith reiterated his strong support for keeping the United Kingdom in the EU, telling the debate: “I would fight for us to stay in the European Union”.

“Jeremy is an old friend but I do not believe he is a leader”.

He then pats Mr Corbyn on the back as he walks off.

“He has an anti-austerity stance and is keen to protect the vulnerable and ensure grass-roots members have a say on the future of the party”.

Pressed over how he would react as PM to a violation by Vladimir Putin of the sovereignty of another North Atlantic Treaty Organisation state, Mr Corbyn said: “You would obviously try to avoid that happening in the first place, you would build up a good dialogue with Russian Federation to ask them and support them in respecting borders”.

Mr Smith said he “absolutely wouldn’t extend them”.