Linking constitutional reform with left-wing economic policy, she argued that her party must “go to war with the political establishment”, positioning herself clearly to the left of her competitors in the contest.
Long-Bailey struck a strongly left-wing note in her article that announced her campaign, pledging to rebuild Labour “as an insurgent force”. Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, the current shadow business secretary and a practising Catholic, has become the sixth candidate to enter Labour’s leadership contest.
