Labour’s Chuka Umunna being lined up to wrestle power from ‘undemocratic’ Jeremy Corbyn
Labour's annual conference will start in Brighton today
CHUKA Umunna is being lined up to wrestle power from Jeremy Corbyn’s grip on Labour.
The moderate is tipped to lead a charge against the hard-Left, a leading party figure has claimed.
He was on a list of future leaders from ex-frontbencher Lisa Nandy that included former shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis and shadow Treasury minister Jonathan Reynolds.
Ms Nandy, who quit Mr Corbyn’s team last year, said: “This for me is a battle not just for the soul of the Labour Party but for the future of this country.”
Her move comes before Labour’s annual conference starting in Brighton today and three months after it won 30 more seats at the General Election.
Ms Nandy called Mr Corbyn’s style of leadership “closed, top down and undemocratic” and the years since he became leader “hell”.
