Gordon Brown backs Yvette Cooper for Labour leader

Former PM makes his endorsement public a week after delivering a speech heavy with veiled warnings against frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn
Gordon Brown has endorsed Yvette Cooper as the next Labour leader, a week after delivering a coded warning against the party choosing Jeremy Corbyn.The former prime minister will speak about his endorsement at the Edinburgh book festival at the weekend, revealing that he picked Andy Burnham as his second preference and Liz Kendall as his third. Continue reading...