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The Wigan MP, who is standing for the leadership of her party, seems to have actually had a life – which sets her apart from the field
‘There are no fit men at this university,” wrote Lisa Nandy in her university newspaper. “The only solution is to quit the manhunt and wait till after uni when you’re back among normal people.” She also posed in what the Mail on Sunday described as a “steamy photo casebook” in bed with another woman. All this makes me like her even more than I already do, and I like her a lot. I may as well say that now, as she is not seen as a big contender in the Labour leadership contest. But she and Jess Phillips seem like people with lives I can relate to.
I don’t have a dog in the contest – not even a miniature poodle – and am aghast at how long it is going to take. Is Jeremy Corbyn simply going to sulk in situ until April? Keir Starmer is safe and dull, and should pass the mic. And Rebecca Long-Bailey seems to be offering more of the same, unable to recognise or accept the absolute failure of Corbynism. Continue reading...