{"id":39692,"date":"2025-10-25T14:06:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39692"},"modified":"2025-10-25T14:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:06:38","slug":"cly9g1vnjqjoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/25\/cly9g1vnjqjoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Lucy Powell&#8217;s win turn things around for Labour?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new\" class=\"sc-7bfdb3c2-0 fYJjWP\"><span data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors\" class=\"sc-7bfdb3c2-11 ljQVMv\"><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors-contributor-0\" class=\"sc-7bfdb3c2-5 xGeVU\">\n<p><span class=\"sc-7bfdb3c2-7 djOqvY\">Chris Mason<\/span><span data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors-contributor-0-role-location\" class=\"sc-7bfdb3c2-8 gvcwmG\">Political editor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 eRlINq\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/I-thought-my-insides-were-falling-out-%E2%80%93-what-I.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/def6\/live\/4b171e70-b1a2-11f0-b33e-69e560da4e1d.jpg.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/def6\/live\/4b171e70-b1a2-11f0-b33e-69e560da4e1d.jpg.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-Lucy-Powells-win-turn-things-around-for-Labour.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/def6\/live\/4b171e70-b1a2-11f0-b33e-69e560da4e1d.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/def6\/live\/4b171e70-b1a2-11f0-b33e-69e560da4e1d.jpg.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/def6\/live\/4b171e70-b1a2-11f0-b33e-69e560da4e1d.jpg.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/def6\/live\/4b171e70-b1a2-11f0-b33e-69e560da4e1d.jpg.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-Lucy-Powells-win-turn-things-around-for-Labour.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"PA Media Lucy Powell, new deputy Labour leader, embracing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer indoors. Lucy Powell is wearing a light-colored blazer, and Sir Keir Starmer is dressed in a dark suit.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 jVqbAn\">PA Media<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Saturday morning in a back street in south London &#8211; and I am leaning on a metal railing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">I am outside the Labour Party&#8217;s headquarters, and this is as close to the announcement of the party&#8217;s new deputy leader as I am going to get.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">This was a contest Labour did not want and its outcome was so underplayed us reporters were not even let in to watch it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Thankfully, after a bit of to and fro, they did let a few broadcast cameras in so we could watch outside and you could watch too, if you chose to.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Seven weeks ago the prime minister sacked Lucy Powell from his cabinet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Today she became his deputy leader of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Politics is a funny old business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">Watch: &#8216;Angela is known for her shoes, and she leaves some big ones to fill&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">When Angela Rayner resigned Sir Keir Starmer used the moment to embark on a pretty widespread reshuffle of his ministerial team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The most high profile casualty? Powell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">A month and a bit later she is back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Not back in government, but back in a directly elected senior role within the party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">But while this is not the result of this contest Sir Keir would have preferred, it is worth briefly dwelling on the numbers in this election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">While Powell was the favourite once this race was down to two candidates and she was the clear victor, it was not a landslide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It was not a wholesale, overwhelming rejection of Bridget Phillipson, who was seen as the candidate closer to the prime minister as a serving cabinet minister.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">After the result, us reporters were still loitering in the street and we were kept waiting ages for the winner, the loser and the prime minister to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Word then came as to at least one of the reasons why &#8211; the prime minister and the new deputy leader of the Labour Party were meeting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Hedgehog diplomacy perhaps? A little spiky?<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">At least awkward, up to a point, surely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-536eff7b-0 gnQokQ\">Watch: Moment Labour deputy leader winner announced<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 dPVOKT\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">That said, the expectation from some that Powell will be shooting her mouth off or frequently public disloyal is overdone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">After all, she was in government until just last month &#8211; and told me her observations and critiques will mainly be articulated privately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Let&#8217;s see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Taking a step back from all this today, Labour is a party that knows it is currently losing &#8211; losing elections, losing attention, often losing the argument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Powell&#8217;s election is an expression of that fret.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Just think of the rows and bungles of the last seven weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Rayner, Lord Mandelson. Asylum seekers.  The China spy case row. The Caerphilly by-election, just for starters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">I asked Powell if things are rescuable \u2013 for the country, the government, her party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Yes, she insisted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Whether she is right will be the determining factor in the fate of this government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 GunZh\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 cMIbKV\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/I-thought-my-insides-were-falling-out-%E2%80%93-what-I.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/c61f\/live\/eb6dea00-0b00-11f0-88b7-5556e7b55c5e.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/c61f\/live\/eb6dea00-0b00-11f0-88b7-5556e7b55c5e.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761401197_166_Will-Lucy-Powells-win-turn-things-around-for-Labour.webp.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/c61f\/live\/eb6dea00-0b00-11f0-88b7-5556e7b55c5e.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/c61f\/live\/eb6dea00-0b00-11f0-88b7-5556e7b55c5e.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/c61f\/live\/eb6dea00-0b00-11f0-88b7-5556e7b55c5e.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/c61f\/live\/eb6dea00-0b00-11f0-88b7-5556e7b55c5e.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761401197_166_Will-Lucy-Powells-win-turn-things-around-for-Labour.webp.webp?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Thin, red banner promoting the Politics Essential newsletter with text saying, \u201cTop political analysis in your inbox every day\u201d. There is also an image of the Houses of Parliament.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Lucy #Powells #win #turn #Labour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris MasonPolitical editor PA Media Saturday morning in a back street in south London &#8211; and I am leaning on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39694,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39692\/revisions\/39694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}