Defeated Labour MPs and candidates say 'fundamental change' is needed at the top of the party
Defeated Labour MPs and candidates say"fundamental change" is needed at the top of the party if it wants to win an election.
They accused the Labour leadership of"cronyism" and an"unwillingness to stand up to the stain of antisemitism" in a letter seen by The Observer. Among the signatories were Anna Turley, who lost her Redcar seat, Mary Creagh, who lost in Wakefield, Emma Reynolds, who was unseated in Wolverhampton North East, and Phil Wilson, who lost his Sedgefield seat.The letter comes as the independent Labour Together group leads a review into the party's performance following its"catastrophic" election defeat, in which it was left with its lowest number of seats since 1935.
Some fear the review, which includes former Labour leader Ed Miliband, will not give an accurate assessment of the party's failings."The scale of this defeat means we have to look unflinchingly at what went wrong, way beyond a simple review, welcome as that might be," they wrote.
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