Almost as soon as the result of the 2019 General Election was announced & our heartbreaking defeat was declared @UKLabour made an immediate move to pressure Jeremy Corbyn into standing down as the Leader of our Party. The results of the election were announced during the early hours of 13th December when Polling Stations had closed & counts got underway immediately. When Jeremy went to the result of his count in Islington which he won by a landslide he announced that he'd be resigning as Leader of our Party.
The very next morning on BBC News they were manoeuvring to try to persuade the public on who his replacement should be. It has always been the desire of Blairite Centrists within The Labour Party to remove Jeremy Corbyn at any cost, as their objective has only ever been about protecting their own vested financial interests & obstructing Socialism.
When it was officially announced that a Labour Leadership Election would be happening, many Blairite Centrists emerged from the woodwork vying to replace Jeremy Corbyn. Emily Thornberry, Jess Philips, Lisa Nandy, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Keir Starmer & Clive Lewis all announced they'd be standing as candidates in the upcoming leadership election, which will be decided in due course over the next few weeks.
Over the last couple of weeks internal ballots have rightly eliminated both Jess Philips & Emily Thornberry from the contest & now just Rebecca Long-Bailey, Keir Starmer & Lisa Nandy remain & one of them will be declared as the new Leader of The Labour Party in the next few weeks.
We'll have a closer look at each of the candidates in further detail shortly, but let's first start by saying that the ONLY Socialist Candidates in the race were Rebecca Long-Bailey & Clive Lewis. All the others are Blairite Centrist Rebels who've all contributed greatly towards why our party lost the last 2 Elections because of their continual infighting , smearing & persistently undermining the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn for the past 4 years, for no other reason than to deliberately obstruct Socialism in Britain. Clive Lewis was the first candidate to pull out of the race & so the hopes of Socialists all over this country now rest solely with Rebecca Long-Bailey as the ONLY Socialist Candidate fit to lead our party into the next election whenever that might be.
The Voting Record's of the 2020 Labour Leadership Candidates
Now lets have a closer look at how each of the Leadership Candidates voted on various policy area's over the last few years...
Rebecca Long-Bailey (Socialist)
It's important to note even without looking too hard at all that Rebecca Long-Bailey is the Stand-out Socialist Candidate, who should by rights be the most popular candidate to replace Jeremy Corbyn. She has always consistently voted AGAINST all of the Tories Savage Welfare Cuts, voted AGAINST renewing Trident, Voted AGAINST the CETA Trade Deal, plus she has always had complete confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of our Party by nominating him in 2015 & by voting confidence in him when Blairites tried to oust him.
Its also important to mention that Rebecca Long-Bailey has always taken the right stance on Brexit by not arguing that our party should back a second referendum which was consistently pushed on Corbyn by blairite rebels seeking to undermine him.
Rebecca Long-Bailey was nominated by all the other amazing advocates for Socialism within our party, including Diane Abbott, Richard Burgon (Deputy Leader Candidate), Ian Lavery & John McDonnell who has announced he will also be resigning as Shadow Chancellor in due course.
At the time this info-graphic was produced it wasn't known whether or not Rebecca Long-Bailey backed Open Selection but she has since clarified that she does indeed support it & that Open Selection will be implemented should she be successful in winning the Labour Leadership in the next few weeks time.
I've given Rebecca Long-Bailey a vote-ability score of 8/10. She would have achieved 10/10 had she refused to sign the Board of Deputies 10 Pledges recently & so for that reason I've rated her at 8/10, still the highest rated candidate in the field by far to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of @UKLabour.
SocialistHeartđź’— Voteability Score: 8/10
Lisa Nandy (Blairite Centrist)
In terms of Lisa Nandy's rating, I'd say she's the 2nd Highest Rated Candidate to replace Jeremy Corbyn however she is still a notable Blairite Centrist and a rebel to our cause as her voting record suggests.
When MP's were voting on the Tories Welfare Reforms Lisa was on maternity leave & so her position on opposing the tories sinister cuts to welfare & the disaster that is Universal Credit remain unknown. In her credit Lisa also voted against the renewal of Trident & so this suggests she is opposed to Nuclear War which I can respect.
However the most notable area where Nandy is massively out-of-touch with the majority of party members is that she didn't vote any Confidence in Jeremy Corbyn when they tried & failed to oust him, in much the same distasteful way as she didn't nominate Jeremy to be the Leader of our party in 2015. Instead she chose to nominate Owen Smith. Her position on Brexit is correct however as she doesn't back a second referendum, which evidently contributed greatly to our heartbreaking defeat in the 2019 General Election. It's unknown whether she backs Open Selection or not, as we haven't heard anything from her on the subject & the question hasn't been posed to her as far as I'm aware.
SocialistHeartđź’— Voteability Score: 4/10
Jess Philips (Tory Plant/Heavy Blairite)
There isn't even anything remotely positive I could say about Jess Philips to be bluntly honest, her voting record is woeful & her lack of support for Jeremy Corbyn along with her constant obsession with undermining his leadership at every opportunity is even more woeful & in fact downright disgraceful! Let's have a closer look at her voting record anyway.
Unsurprisingly she didn't vote against any of the Tories Savage Welfare "Reforms" & the roll-out of Universal Credit, in much the same way as her complete silence on these Critical Issues speaks volumes about what Jess Philips really thinks about so many million's of people suffering in situations of Dire Poverty, Homelessness & Destitution in Britain. She is morally repugnant in every sense of the word and as tory as they come, as her vote for renewing Trident suggests she's all for Nuclear War too. She also chose not to vote against the CETA Trade Deal. She's never had the slightest bit of respect for Jeremy Corbyn & this was reflected when she voted no-confidence in his leadership. She also didn't nominate Jeremy Corbyn to be the leader of our party in 2015 & was a big part of the reason why we lost GE2019 by adopting the wrong stance on Brexit & a Second Referendum which she along with Keir Starmer & Emily Thornberry all argued the case for.
The mere fact that Philips was nominated by Margaret Hodge is also a very notable reason why she was the first candidate to be eliminated from the Labour Leadership Race. Jess Philips is about as tory as they come whilst still claiming to be a party member. In fact I'd say she only joined the party & stood to be an MP in order to undermine the success of our party & be a tory plant like she has been for her entire political career.
SocialistHeartđź’— Voteability Score: 0/10
Keir Starmer (Blairite Centrist)
Keir Starmer is what I can only describe as a problem for Socialism & a snakeish kind of Blairite Centrist whose always consistently undermined the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn on several occasions. He never nominated Jeremy to be our leader & he didn't vote confidence in him when they tried to oust him either. Along with the other blairite centrists in his category he also chose not to vote against any of the tories deeply sinister & flawed welfare policies which have tragically claimed over 154,000 People's lives in our country since 2010.
Keir Starmer also voted for the renewal of Trident because much like the other blairite rebels in his category, Keir too believes in Nuclear War.
The most important reason NOT to vote for Keir Starmer to be the next leader of our party is because he's the biggest architect of the reason why we lost the last election, by forcing Jeremy Corbyn's hand into backing a Second Referendum on Brexit. The single most reason why we were heavily defeated in the 2019 General Election. As a party we got our position on Brexit wrong & we should have respected the peoples decision to Leave and never mentioned a Second Referendum, it contributed greatly to our loss.
SocialistHeartđź’— Voteability Score: 2/10
Emily Thornberry (Blairite Centrist)
The only thing that Emily Thornberry has going in her favour as a candidate to be the next Leader of our party is that she did nominate Jeremy Corbyn in 2015 & she voted confidence in Jeremy when blairites tried to oust him. Aside from that it has to be said that Thornberry's voting record suggests she is anything but a Socialist & so I'm not altogether sure why she nominated a Socialist to be the leader of our party. She voted in favour of all the tories savage welfare reforms which have had tragically caused the deaths of over 154,000 people in Britain since 2010 & for this reason alone she can never claim to be a Socialist, her votes have obstructed Socialism in this country and suggest she's a Blairite Centrist slightly leaning towards some aspects of Socialism which is why she nominated Jeremy Corbyn. On the renewal of Trident she abstained, which suggests shes neutral on whether shes for or against Nuclear War.
As with Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry was on the front-lines of the argument that Labour should back a Second Referendum & as such pushed Jeremy Corbyn into taking the completely wrong stance on Brexit, which tragically cost our party so dear in the last election. The result of the election has shown evidently that The Labour Party lost the most seats in constituencies which voted as a majority to Leave in the EU Referendum. It's not known whether Emily Thornberry backs Open Selection or not as we've not exactly heard her being too vocal on the matter, in fact the only candidates who've openly stated they do back Open Selection are Rebecca Long-Bailey & Richard Burgon.
SocialistHeartđź’— Voteability Score: 5/10
Conclusion
I've had a closer look at all of the Labour Leadership Candidates in further detail & I've awarded each candidate a mark out of 10 based solely on their Socialist Principles & their allegiance to Jeremy Corbyn since he became Leader of our party.
Rebecca Long-Bailey is by far the stand out candidate for party members to vote for who believe in True Socialist Principles & who also backs Open Selection. RLB has also stated she will offer Jeremy Corbyn a place in her Shadow Cabinet & has consistently supported his leadership from the first day he became Leader of our party.
The lowest scoring candidate was Jess Philips 0/10 but luckily she withdrew from the race after realising she realistically stood no chance of winning whatsoever, too many party members can see straight through her & realise shes nothing less than a tory plant who joined our party to cause trouble & stop us from winning an election for the last 4 years.
Out of the other candidates still in the race Keir Starmer & Lisa Nandy, I've rated Starmer as 2nd Lowest Candidate Overall for much the same reason as Jess Philips & Emily Thornberry. Primarily because Keir Starmer is a Blairite Centrist who opposes Socialism & because he forced our party to adopt completely the wrong stance on Brexit in the last election which cost the people of this country a Socialist People's Government.
Labour Leadership 2020 - Vote Rebecca Long-Bailey
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