150 women from the Labour party and beyond have backed Yvette Cooper to lead Labour to victory in the 2020 general election in an open letter to the New Statesman. The signatories – which include Ivana Bartoletti,the chair of the Fabian Women’s Network, the comedians Arabella Weir and Sarah Solemani, Nicky Gavron, the former deputy mayor of London, Baroness Royall, Labour leader in the Lords from 2008 to 2015, and Doreen Lawrence, mother of Stephen Lawrence and Labour peer.
The signatories say that they support Cooper “because we want a radical revolution in childcare”, a world where women “can’t be harrassed outside abortion clinics”, but “most importantly, we believe Yvette gives us the best chance of winning the general election for Labour in 2020”.