Alan Johnson backs Bridget Phillipson in Labour’s deputy leadership race

Alan Johnson backs Bridget Phillipson in Labour’s deputy leadership race

He said she would help bring back voters drifting away from Labour.

Former Home Secretary backs Phillipson to be next Labour deputy

Former home secretary, Alan Johnson, has endorsed education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, to become Labour’s next deputy leader, after warning that Powell could be divisive. Johnson suggested Phillipson’s rival, Lucy Powell, may not have entered the race had she not been sacked from the cabinet in last month’s major reshuffle, before warning she could “destabilise the leadership rather than enhance it”. Phillipson and Powell are vying to replac…