JESS PHILLIPS is now struggling to remain in the Labor leadership race after the most likely union to back her decided to pledge their allegiance to Sir Keir Starmer instead.
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Unite and the CWU are expected to back Rebecca Long Bailey.
While GMB are expected to choose between Lisa Nandy and Mr Starmer.
Monday’s USDAW committee decision puts Mr Starmer into the last round of the contest, where members and registered supporters will vote directly for their favorite candidate.
Rebecca Long Bailey is likely to come out on top here as she has a strong backing from both Momentum and the unions.
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Jess Phi llips close to admitting defeat as Sir Keir Starmer wins major union backing (Image: GETTY)
(The union also said they support Angela Rayner as its deputy leadership candidate (Image: GETTY)
remain in the race, Jess Phillips and Emily Thornberry will now need the backing of five percent of local labor groups (CLPs) to demonstrate that they have the support of the membership.
Local associations will both face strong resistance from Momentum.
The group is a Corbyn-suppor ting campaign which has organized to back its candidate in previous leadership contests. Ms Thornberry has a solid track record in Mr Corbyn’s team which should work to her advantage.
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The nomination. now leaves three of the main five labor unions left to nominate a candidate (Image: GETTY)
She wrote on the Mumsnet website: “We all have different life experiences.
“I find trying to prove where you come from as if that is all that matters to the voters a bit patronising.
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Local associations will both face strong resistance from Momentum (Image: GETTY)
Ms Thornberry has a solid track record in Mr Corbyn’s team which should work to her advantage (Image: GETTY)
“I think it’s what you do and how you live now that matters. ”
It comes as the Birmingham Yardley MP condemned her own performance at the first regional hustings event in Liverpool on Saturday.
The backbench MP described the format of the event as “ridiculous” as each of the five candidates were given just seconds to answer a question.
She admitted her responses “fell flat”. Ms Phillips wrote in The Guardian: “The hustings was awful. I was awful because I was trying to hit a million different lines and messages in (seconds.) “Some were my lines, some were other people and it fell flat.”
Ms Phillips is yet to receive a single nomination from the 40 CLPs who have made a decision.
Sir Keir currently leads the way with (nominations and Ms Long Bailey with three.)
Sir Keir currently leads the way with 24 nominations and Ms Long- Bailey with three (Image: GETTY)
Ms Phillips said: “I might not look the most. like a Prime Minister in this race, because apparently looking like a prime minister is a thing.
“I cannot win that war, so I am going to stop fighting it. I am going to do the thing that made tens of thousands of people ask me to run to be the leader. I am going to say what I think. I am going to give honest answers.
“I probably won’t win, but I am guessing that I might just inspire others to give it a go too. ”
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