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Ms Formby, a close ally of Sir Keir’s left predecessor, confirmed her decision on Monday, after having served in office for two years, during which time she oversaw Labor’s general election campaign, which resulted in a majority 80 seats for Boris Johnson. The Conservatives. The 60-year-old woman’s decision was also likely influenced by her cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment last year, but Professor Tony Travers, director of LSE London, said ideological considerations will also have been a factor. He told Express.co.uk: “Jeremy Corbyn and his colleagues have spent a great deal of time rebuilding the machinery of the Labor Party and the National Executive Committee, and senior party officials in their own image.
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“Keir Starmer is a very different leader who is committed to moving forward and making the Labor Party more eligible and he will inevitably spend some time wanting to replace the people Corbyn put in power with people who are loyal to him, who are going to work towards the objectives that are proposed.
“There is no doubt that Jennie Formby is not someone who would be comfortable with a Labor Party led by Keir Starmer, and vice versa.
“Any question about any party leader would want the top officers of any party to be loyal and have the same set of rules.
“There is no doubt that the people launched by Corbyn are in many cases very far, ideologically and in terms of loyalty, from Keir Starmer.”
Keir Starmer is a very different character than Jeremy Corbyn, Professor Travers said (Image: GETTY)
Jennie Formby was a close ally of Jeremy Corbyn (Image: GETTY)
Sir Keir, who comfortably won a leadership competition before Rebecca Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy, would be working hard over the course of the next six months to draw a line under the previous regime, Professor Travers said, suggesting that the The current national crisis could actually work in your favor.
He explained: “It is a strange six months due to the fact that COVID-19 dominates all policies and influences the way people think about both the Government and the opposition.
“It has the slight advantage for Keir Starmer of meaning that if there is going to be a little bit more internal conflict at the top of the Labor Party, they will get a lot more coverage than they would otherwise, three or four months ago.”
“COVID-19 provides Keir Starmer with a period when any effort to reorganize or change high-ranking figures in the Labor Party, and have a discussion about it, will have less coverage.”
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Keir Starmer was previously director of public prosecutions before becoming a lawmaker (Image: GETTY)
Starmer beat Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey to Labor leadership (Image: GETTY)
Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labor leader in 2015 (Image: GETTY)
He said: “In its simplest form, you would want a widely attractive manifesto with an eligible leader.
“The last manifesto was not one, and Jeremy Corbyn was not really the other.
“The 2017 manifesto was much more of a traditional manifesto and they want a manifesto that looks like a much more traditional Social Democratic agenda.
“Although again, all that will have to be judged in the context of the consequences of COVID-19.
Key labor policies under Jeremy Corbyn (Image: Daily Express)
“In terms of the long-term overall position of political parties, COVID-19, by radically increasing the size of the state as part of the economy, and the likelihood that it will stay that way for some time, the economy moves toward territory of work.
Professor Travers also suggested that the current broad consensus, and the relative absence of disputes, that has characterized the coronavirus crisis so far would not last forever.
He explained: “Normal policy always reaffirms itself after a national moment of crisis.
“Eventually we will get to the point where people are less concerned with COVID-19 and more concerned with unemployment or inflation or all the other things that happen when the deal closes.”
The consequences of the pandemic may work in favor of work, suggested Professor Travers (Image: GETTY)
When asked about Ms. Formby’s record, especially in light of accusations of anti-Semitism within the party that Mr. Corbyn’s leadership was persecuting, a Labor Party source said: “Anti-Semitism has no place in our party. , and under Jennie Formby we make more decisive and robust decisions. ” action to eradicate it than ever before.
“We have imposed fast suspensions and greatly increased the speed at which cases are handled. We have also launched training and education to provide staff and members with the tools necessary to identify and challenge different forms of anti-Semitism.
“This was Jennie’s number one priority when she took over and she can be proud of what we have accomplished.”
