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She may have lost out in the vote to represent Labour in the forthcoming London Mayoral elections, but Diane Abbott has regained a place in the shadow cabinet after left wing politician Jeremy Corbyn’s shock leadership win.

Most attention has thus far been focused on the panic within party ranks, the peculiarity of the selection system, and Corbyn’s past utterances.

“The Labour party needs to be an effective opposition more than ever – both in Westminster and in our streets – and I believe that suspending or delaying the leadership election would only undermine our ability to do that”.

(JNS.org) The U.K.’s Jewish Chronicle newspaper has sounded the alarm over the impending election of Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn as the next head of the Labour Party and British opposition leader, asking Corbyn to prove he is not “an enemy of Britain’s...

What is more distressing is the unclear nature of whether these complaints are legitimate – or represent a last-ditch attempt to stop the left-winger Jeremy Corbyn becoming leader.

Mr Corbyn is now the favourite to win from Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham, with Ms Kendall consistently coming in fourth place in polls.

Mr Corbyn’s rivals have voiced concern over the motives of tens of thousands of people who rushed to join Labour as full members or £3 supporters to get a vote in the leadership contest.

He added: ” The alternative to Syriza/ Corbyn is based on passionate reform, not angry defiance.

Jeremy Corbyn has set out his plan to contain and marginalise MPs who oppose his drive to make Labour more left-wing.

Mr Burnham has the support of the Welsh government’s Communities Minister Lesley Griffiths, who will chair his question-and-answer session with party members in Wrexham on Sunday.

In a sentence of admirable chutzpah, Lehal admits that “the truth is the other frontrunner for leader – Jeremy Corbyn – has got thousands of his supporters to register to vote”.

Amid concerns that non-Labour supporters have infiltrated the ballot, it’s emerged 1,200 members or supporters of another party have already been excluded from voting in the contest, including hundreds who stood against Labour in local or national elections. Ex-chief Ed...