What happens if (and when) Lucy Powell wins the Labour deputy leadership?
Tuesday 14 October 2025 at 14:04
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Elsewhere at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, yesterday, I was able to ask (through Slido) Times journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire what they thought Sir Keir Starmer's reaction might be if (and when) Lucy Powell is elected to the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.
The answer was 'not good'.
Both journalists are exceptionally well connected to Labour and both felt there is no chance that Ms Powell will be offered a job in the cabinet, or willing to accept one.
The suggestion was that Powell has said she will not be 'throwing stones from the backbenches', but rather that 'she will be rollings boulders instead'.
It's going to be an interesting time in the Labour Party.
What happens if (and when) Lucy Powell wins the Labour deputy leadership?
Elsewhere at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, yesterday, I was able to ask (through Slido) Times journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire what they thought Sir Keir Starmer's reaction might be if (and when) Lucy Powell is elected to the deputy leadership of the Labour Party.
The answer was 'not good'.
Both journalists are exceptionally well connected to Labour and both felt there is no chance that Ms Powell will be offered a job in the cabinet, or willing to accept one.
The suggestion was that Powell has said she will not be 'throwing stones from the backbenches', but rather that 'she will be rollings boulders instead'.
It's going to be an interesting time in the Labour Party.