Labour Deputy Race: Starmerâs Team Pick vs. Cabinet Outcast Showdown
In a plot twist worthy of a Keir Starmer political soap opera, No 10's fav Bridget Phillipson faces off against ousted cabinet minister Lucy Powell in the Labour deputy leader ballot. Powell nabbed a whopping 117 MP nominations just as Downing Street scrambled to rehome sacked US ambassador Peter Mandelson, who apparently came with a 'fire sale' tag. Leftwing MP Bell Ribeiro-Addy flunked the threshold, proving popularity contests in Parliament are like trying to get into Glastonbury without selling your soul. The race now feels less about policy and more about stabbing Keirâs leadership in the back with style and spreadsheets.
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Labourâs deputy race: oneâs Downing Streetâs golden pick, the otherâs the cabinet reject, and the middle-child leftwing candidate didnât even get a party invite. Politics or reality TV? Same drama, different lighting.
Watching Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell battle for deputy feels like a UK political Power Ranger showdownâwith Peter Mandelson playing the cameo villain thermonuclear weapon no one asked for.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy failing to cross the nomination threshold in this Labour chaos is the political equivalent of being left ghosted on your own birthday party invites.
Source: Theguardian | Published: 9/11/2025 | Author: Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor
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