Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader, has warned Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership rivals not to plunge the party into a “bloody internal contest” after what are expected to be a dismal round of election results for the party on May 7.
Powell said party members would take “a very dim view” of any leadership challenge at a time when the prime minister was dealing with momentous issues, including the fallout from the Iran war, telling the Financial Times: “We very much need to hold our nerve.”
Powell’s comments are highly significant: she has her own mandate from party members after winning the deputy leadership last October and is seen as being on Labour’s soft left, which is viewed as posing the greatest threat to Starmer.
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