That’s it for today. Though there’ll be no further updates above the line, you can continue to discuss the day’s politics news in the comments thread below.
See you tomorrow.
My colleagues Frances Perraudin and Rowena Mason have filed a story on Jeremy Corbyn’s comments on the BBC’s World at One (see 16:45pm).
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Apologies for the lack of updates this afternoon. Here’s a bumper crop of what our readers below the line have been discussing since lunchtime.
- Jeremy Corbyn appeared on BBC Radio 4’s World at One. He came under fire for his alleged links with a controversial activist. Corbyn said: “I have spent my life as a campaigner against racism. Anti-Semitism, Islamaphobia, far-right racism is totally wrong”
"Sorry, who?" @jeremycorbyn on claim he invited controversial activist to Parliament http://t.co/yk38jDwHRG #wato pic.twitter.com/Rt9ByJYTIn
— The World at One (@BBCWorldatOne) August 19, 2015
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The New Statesman has backed Yvette Cooper for Labour leader. The Daily Record has plumped for Corbyn. Roy Greenslade has written a blog post in which he detects a growing (if grudging) respect for Corbyn in some sections of the press.
- Regulars below the line often ask for more on the deputy Labour leadership contest, so here’s a piece published on Labour Uncut by candidate Stella Creasy. As a commenter highlighted, she did a Reddit AMA today, which can be read here.
- A few of you have made approving noises about George Monbiot’s take on the Corbyn phenomenom. So here it is.
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Commenters below the line have been discussing the various Labour grandees who have been coming out to back various leadership candidates - or, in some cases, urging members and supporters to vote for anyone but Corbyn.
We’ve put together a quiz on this very subject. Do let us know how you get on.
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My colleague Alberto Nardelli, the Guardian’s data editor, has put together this analysis of the key demographic challenges the Labour leadership candidates need to be thinking about if they’re to win the next general election. I’ve quoted part of his introduction, and you can read the full analysis via the link below.
It is difficult for pollsters to ask questions about how well different candidates would fare in a general election because such queries are hypothetical and ask respondents to imagine a situation for which they don’t yet have all the required information; who can be sure what voters will think in May 2020 (never mind next week)?
However, it is also possible to take another approach: to examine some of the key demographic challenges that Labour must overcome in order to win next time.
This approach focuses not on the future merits or otherwise of Corbyn, Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall but whether Labour can win over sufficient numbers of key voter groups – whether students or pensioners, renters or homeowners, white collar workers or manual labourers.
Andrew is not (usually) writing his usual Politics Live blog during summer recess but, as an alternative, here’s Politics Live: readers’ edition. It’s intended to be a place where you can catch up with the latest news and find links to good politics blogs and articles on the web.
Please feel free to use this as somewhere you can comment on any of the day’s political stories - just as you do during the daily blog. It would be particularly useful for readers to flag up new material in the comments - breaking news or blogposts or tweets that are worth passing on because someone is going to find them interesting.
You’ll be delighted to hear that Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper’s teams have called a truce over what was threatening to become an ugly spat.
Meanwhile Labour are seeking legal advice over their leadership election vote to ensure it is not open to challenge, but deny there are any plans to suspend the process.
David Blunkett has become the latest New Labour figure to warn against a Corbyn-led Labour.
And our North of England editor Helen Pidd has spent some time on the Jeremy Corbyn campaign trail, attending a busy rally in Middlesborough.
What’s on the agenda today? Yvette Cooper will be launching a women’s equality plan, and Jeremy Corbyn is the latest to appear on BBC Radio Four’s World At One.
Share your links and discussion points, and we’ll share the best above the line.
