I'm running for Labour deputy leader. We're failing voters in so many ways I think I can fix that | Bell Ribeiro-Addy

"Sometimes in politics you have to do the right thing, even if you do not expect success. I am standing to be deputy leader of the Labour party because it is the right thing to do. I'm proud of our party's traditions, but I fear that we've lost our way. We urgently need to speak up for members, for working people and for the communities that our party was founded to represent."

"Over recent years, the voice of the Labour left has been diminished. Many dedicated members and representatives have found themselves sidelined, suspended or even expelled. And both the timetable and the nomination threshold of this deputy leadership contest, with the required number of supporting MPs for each candidate doubled to 80 in 2021 by the current leadership, appear set to prevent leftwing candidates from even standing."

"The upshot of this is the worst showing for Labour in opinion polls in my lifetime, which follows the drubbing we got in the May elections, losing a huge number of real voters. Our members and voters are disgusted by what they see nightly on their TV screens of the carnage in Gaza. They are also angry about what they see as the British government's complicity in genocide, especially the refusal to stop all arms sales to Israel and the RAF flights over Gaza."

I am standing to be deputy leader because it is the right thing to do. Traditions matter, but the party has lost its way. Members, working people and communities need a stronger voice. The Labour left has been diminished, with many members sidelined, suspended or expelled. The deputy leadership contest's timetable and the 2021 doubling of the MP nomination threshold to 80 appear set to prevent leftwing candidates, denying members open democratic debate. Government measures on breakfast clubs, workers' rights and rail nationalisation exist, but gains are overshadowed. Polls and recent elections show significant voter losses. Members are disgusted by nightly images of Gaza and angered by perceived government complicity, especially continued arms sales and RAF flights.

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