We are a little wiser now about what the Labour leadership contenders stand for
The IndependentWe hope that you, the reader, will agree that this is a worthwhile exercise. Here, Sir Keir operates mostly at the highest level of generality: “Peace, justice, equality and dignity for all.” Of these values, his article suggests equality is the most important, but he says nothing about how it is to be achieved except to talk about the “radical socialist tradition” and strengthening trade unions. Rebecca Long-Bailey has a more distinctive label, talking about “aspirational socialism”, but it sounds rather artificial until she defines it as “people wanting a better life for their children than they had”. Lisa Nandy’s article is the only one that demands change of the party, and makes the provocative point that some traditional Labour supporters felt the party thought they were “racist” for expressing concerns about immigration. Hers is the most fluently argued of the candidates’ contributions, although much of it is rather vague about “what it will take for us to win again”.
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