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The obstacles to victory in 2024 are not insurmountable, but party members must get behind whoever becomes leader
The ballots are going out as the candidates to be Labour leader vie for the support of the members. Electability is sure to be one of the crucial factors as they cast their vote. Keir Starmer is widely considered the frontrunner, having won 374 nominations from constituency Labour parties (58.4%) to 163 for Rebecca Long-Bailey (25.5%) and 72 for Lisa Nandy (11.3%). But whoever is elected will struggle to win in 2024, after the party won just 203 seats in 2019. Tony Blair believes that only a complete renewal of the party will do if Labour is to win again. But the two main obstacles to victory do not require a new leader to rip up the manifesto and start again.
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