Liz Kendall is a real rising star in the Labour party. Few colleagues have a bad word to say about her, and indeed many have a great deal of good words. Tonight the House magazine publishes an interview with the Shadow Health Minister that contains a number of rather strong comments that she’s made about the party that she has a good chance of one day leading. The line that’ll get most attention is this:
‘You can’t be the moaning man in the pub. Actually the moaning man in the pub often has a real point underneath it all. But mostly you end up not listening.’
And then there’s the suggestion that her parents are unimpressed with Labour’s performance:
‘A lot of my election campaign is spent dealing with my parents sending texts with comments on everything from “it was a disgrace on PMQs today, what are you going to do about?” to “nobody’s talking about old people”, “what are Labour saying about schools and families and kids?”’
She gives one of the best answers to the leadership question that anyone who looks vaguely enthusiastic is asked:
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