Switch over to BBC2 now. You won’t want to miss it. #Newsnight
.@lisanandy says the leadership contest and debate has been “so very small.” Says the party won’t reconnect with voters by having “debates about reselection or grandstanding about illegal wars” #newsnight
.@EmilyThornberry: “we may be throwing anti-Semites out of the party now- why weren’t we doing it 2.5 years ago?” #newsnight
Lisa Nandy suggests other leadership candidates didn’t do enough to speak out against anti-Semitism. She’s really going for it.
Starmer: “Boris Johnson is a man who doesn’t know truth from untruth.” #Newsnight
Interesting none of the leadership candidates commit to maintaining the pension age at current levels. Pledging to rescind planned increases was one of the major reasons Sinn Féin won the Irish election. #Newsnight
Long Bailey declines to comment on Sinn Féin’s victory in #ge2020, saying only “it’s going to be an interesting few days”
