Shadow chancellor says Brexit and the media also to blame for loss and Corbyn will stand down in ‘8-10 weeks’
HuffPost’s executive editor for politics, Paul Waugh, says John McDonnell’s refusal to include Lisa Nandy in his list of preferred Labour leadership candidates (Marr prompted him twice but McDonnell did not respond see 9.46) is significant
For me, the most interesting bit of today’s Sunday shows: McDonnell refusing on #Marr to include @lisanandy in his list of preferred leaders.
Her supporters may suspect McDonnell’s reluctance is for several reasons:
4) she is capable of winning the votes of those Momentum members (% of whom are necessary to win Lab leadership elxn) who understand the importance of having an articulate leader, while also winning back former Lab voters and non Labour voters (necessary to win a general elxn).
The treasury minister, Rishi Sunak, was asked by Andrew Marr this morning about reports in the Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph that the government plans to make sweeping changes to reform the civil service.
He replied:
I think we want to make sure that government works effectively to deliver for the British people.
That is something the prime minister has said we will look at and has instructed people to look at that.
#Marr: When will the Russia report be published?
Conservative Rishi Sunak: “I can’t tell you exactly when… it will be published when it is appropriate”https://t.co/MXoJrGRmmS pic.twitter.com/IYsnyrNwuh
