That’s it in terms of above the line updates today - please feel free to continue sharing the day’s political news, links and opinions in the comments section. See you all tomorrow.
Some afternoon links from our readers below the line.
- Can anyone stop Jeremy Corbyn, asks George Eaton of the New Statesman
- Alastair Campbell has accused Corbyn’s online supporters of being akin to the ‘cybernats’, online supporters of the SNP whom some felt went too far in attacking their opponents on social media. Hat tip for this and the above: fripouille
- Boris Johnson (remember him) has been making merry over his own leadership ambitions, suggesting that there will be a vacancy for leader of the Conservatives in late 2018
And in case you missed it earlier, our own Polly Toynbee has written in support of Yvette Cooper.
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Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s World at One. His comments on how Jeremy Corbyn has energised the race and on Blair’s intervention are particularly interesting.
"The attacks that we've seen on @jeremycorbyn misread the mood of the party," people want something "different" - @andyburnhammp #wato
— The World at One (@BBCWorldatOne) August 13, 2015
"Jeremy has brought the campaign to life.. because there is a yearning out there for a different style of politics" - @andyburnhammp #wato
— The World at One (@BBCWorldatOne) August 13, 2015
"I'm not crying foul on the rules" - "it's a wonderful thing" so many have signed up - @andyburnhammp on #Labour ballots #wato
— The World at One (@BBCWorldatOne) August 13, 2015
#Blair "entitled" to his view but "attacking people and making dire warnings.. is misreading what people are saying" @andyburnhammp #wato
— The World at One (@BBCWorldatOne) August 13, 2015
As promised earlier this week, we have an all-singing, all-dancing interactive which may help you decide who to vote for in the Labour leadership election (if you haven’t already decided).
As Patrick Wintour points out, Politics Home have a full transcript of Yvette Cooper’s speech.
Yvette Cooper speech is pander-free & pulls no punch. Will it lever her into the final round of voting against JC ? https://t.co/TLfn5lc8UA
— Patrick Wintour (@patrickwintour) August 13, 2015
Helen Pidd, our northern editor, has been tweeting from Yvette Cooper’s speech in Manchester. She seems underwhelmed.
Yvette Cooper: Corbyn's ideas "aren't radical and they aren't credible. They won't change the world. They'll keep us out of power..."
— Helen Pidd (@helenpidd) August 13, 2015
... And will stop us changing the world." Cooper she knows criticising Corbyn may lose her votes but #Yolo (she didn't actually say yolo)
— Helen Pidd (@helenpidd) August 13, 2015
Just asked Yvette Cooper if she wishes Tony Blair would pipe down. Her non-answer: "of course all Labour Party members have strong opinions"
— Helen Pidd (@helenpidd) August 13, 2015
Channel 4 asks if Yvette Cooper has been asked to step down by any Labour MPs. She says she won't answer that, she's in it to win it, etc. 😴
— Helen Pidd (@helenpidd) August 13, 2015
Mcr not exactly fizzing with excitement. Q to Yvette "You talk about a radical but credible alternative. What is it?" pic.twitter.com/wFVzd6RHMP
— Helen Pidd (@helenpidd) August 13, 2015
Here’s Andrew Sparrow’s write-up of Yvette Cooper’s speech. It begins:
Yvette Cooper has claimed Jeremy Corbyn’s policies are not credible and accused him of offering “old solutions to old problems”, in a speech injecting fresh antagonism into the Labour leadership contest.
Speaking in Manchester on Thursday, Cooper said Corbyn, the leftwinger who has become the surprise runaway favourite in the race, was proposing economic policies that could increase inflation, cut investment and undermine growth.
She also claimed he would damage Labour’s reputation as an internationalist party, saying: “Internationalism is a core Labour principle and I will fight for it.”
Andrew is not 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.
Our splash overnight was Tony Blair’s piece in our opinion pages, warning of “rout, possibly annihilation” if Labour members and supporters plump for Corbyn as leader.
Today, Yvette Cooper will set out her stall and also warn against the lure of Corbyn, though presumably in less apocalyptic language. Meanwhile, Corbyn is attending rallies north of the border - and our Scotland editor, Severin Carrell, will be reporting on these.
In the last of our Labour leader candidate profiles, we hear from the aforementioned Cooper.
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All today’s Guardian politics stories are here and all the politics stories filed yesterday, including some in today’s paper, are here.
