The shadow treasury minister and Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis says the campaign to leave the EU was used as a mechanism to divide communities, though he added that doesn’t mean people who voted Brexit are racist.
The left wing campaign group also said Angela Rayner should become the party’s deputy.
The shadow Treasury minister said it was the party’s job to explain to voters its quest for better conditions was not a ‘mad socialist perspective’.
Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips all secured the 22 MP and MEP nominations required to continue.
Just 24 hours ago, the Wigan MP was a middle of the road 10/1 shot to become the next Labour leader - but those odds have been slashed into 5/1.
The move could damage support for Rebecca Long-Bailey, who has tried to position herself as the standard bearer for the left.
Columnist Allison Pearson described her as the love child of the Roswell alien and Mrs Merton.
Opposition MPs warned of ‘tragic consequences’ for lone youngsters as Tories blocked a bid to enshrine child refugee rights in Brexit agreement
Ian Murray said the architects of the party’s catastrophic failure in 2019 cannot be allowed to be the architects of the response.