Twelve former parliamentary candidates have backed Caroline Flint’s bid to become deputy leader in an open letter to the New Statesman. Dubbing the Don Valley MP a “fantastic campaigner”, they explain that why despite backing different candidates for the leadership, they “are united in supporting Caroline Flint to be Labour’s next deputy leader”, who they describe as a “brilliant communicator and creative policy maker”.
Flint welcomed the endorsement, saying: “our candidates know better than most what it takes to win the sort of seats Labour must gain in order to win a general election, so I’m delighted to have their support.”. She urged Labour to rebuild “not by lookin to the past, but by learning from the past”, saying that “we must rediscover Labour’s voice, especially in communities wher we do not have a Labour MP:”.
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