Rebecca Long-Bailey: replace House of Lords with elected senate

Labour leadership frontrunner launches campaign pledging to end ‘gentlemen’s club of politics’

Rebecca Long-Bailey has expanded on her aim to replace the House of Lords, saying she would instead have an elected senate, based outside of London, if she were to win the Labour leadership and then a general election.

On Friday night, launching her bid for Labour leader, in front of a crowd of about 200 people at the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, she was welcomed with a rendition of “Oh Rebecca Long-Bailey” – similar to the chant used by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.

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