Our policies were about a better division of the pie – but people didn’t believe in the pie any more, says Chi Onwurah, Labour MP for Newcastle Central
As Boris Johnson takes up his mantle of “king of the North”, Labour signals the start of leadership race. Well, I want to be one of the first to throw my hat out of the ring. Neil Kinnock, Ed Miliband, Jeremy Corbyn – each in different ways demonstrated why leader of the opposition is the hardest job in politics. The current holder is neither the evil villain nor the martyred saint of factional casting, just someone trying to do a very difficult job.
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