Rebecca may stand to be... RED LEADER
SALFORD and Eccles Labour MP Rebecca Long-Bailey is ‘considering’ standing to take over from Jeremy Corbyn as the next leader of the Labour party when he steps down next year.
Elected in 2015, she used to work as a NHS solicitor before she became an MP. She is married with one child.
Yesterday, she confirmed in an interview that she is ‘considering’ standing and that she would back Angela Rayner as her deputy.
The 40-year-old shares a flat in Westminster with her close friend and ally Rayner – Asthon-under-Lyne MP and shadow education secretary.
Mr Corbyn announced he’d stand down after leading the party to the worst electoral defeat in more than 80 years.
What may go against her is that she’s still a relative newcomer to politics and some detractors doubt if she has the charisma or the experience to make an effective leader.
In the Guardian interview, she said: “It’s no good having the right solutions if people don’t believe you can deliver them.”
She added: “We didn’t lose because of our commitment to scrap Universal Credit, invest in public services or abolish tuition fees.”
In the interview, she spoke of her childhood in Salford and having to move when the docks where her father worked shut.
Two other candidates, Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis, have formally declared they are standing and at least five other Labour MPs have indicated, via interviews, that they may join the race.
A MASKED man barged his way into a house and threatened two women inside with a gun.
The thug rang the doorbell and forced his way into the property in The Avenue, Leigh, at around 10am on Monday, December 23. He pulled the small black handgun on the two women inside, threatening them as he demanded cash.
The offender then fled the property empty-handed and was seen running in the direction of Leigh town centre. He is described as white, 5ft 7ins tall, of average build with a local accent. Anyone with information can call police on 0161 856 7967.