So, IT BEGINS.

There seem to be two front-runners right now.

Sir Kier Stammer - Shadow Brexit Secretary, pro Remain, probably involved in a plot last year to replace Boris Johnson with Kenneth Clarke, which may or may not have been stymied by Corbyn's refusal to "get out of the way". This is, to my knowledge, the most interesting this he has ever done.


Rebecca Long Bailey, Shadow Business Secretary - very pro Corbyn and therefore the "continuity candidate" or as I like to call her the "circling the plughole candidate".

Interestingly, Unison has come out for Stammer whilst Unite is expected to come out for Long-Bailey - indicating a split in the Union Movement.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...t-takes-early/