13 things about the Labour leadership election

Sources providing information on the election within the United Kingdom Labour Party to choose a new leader during the summer of 2015, following the stepping down of Ed Miliband after the May 2015 general election.

What does the Labour leadership election in 2015 tell us about the state of British politics? The result will be announced on the 12 September 2015.

• Primary Source

Labour Party: Labour’s leadership contest http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership

The Guardian: Tag: Labour party leadership http://www.theguardian.com/politics/labourleadership

Wikipedia: Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2015 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Party_%28UK%29_leadership_election,_2015

The Conversation: Tag: Labour leadership race https://theconversation.com/uk/topics/labour-leadership-race

ESO: Background information: Labour look for leader as UKIP's Farage faces ‘coup’ http://www.europeansources.info/record/labour-look-for-leader-as-ukips-farage-faces-coup/

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 08.08.15: Is Labour really too left-wing to win an election in the UK? http://bit.ly/1KVsZvP

BBC News, 11.08.15: Labour leader should be 'anyone but Corbyn', Campbell warns http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33857630

The Guardian, 13.08.15: [Opinion]: Tony Blair: Even if you hate me, please don’t take Labour over the cliff edge http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/12/even-if-hate-me-dont-take-labour-over-cliff-edge-tony-blair

The Guardian, 13.08.15: [Opinion]: Cooper has taken on Corbyn, gloves off. Could this be a knockout blow? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/13/corbyn-labour-leader-not-credible

EurActiv, 14.08.15: UK Labour party to gamble on socialism in leadership contest http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/britains-labour-poised-gamble-socialism-leadership-contest-316854

BBC News, 16.08.15: Labour leadership: Gordon Brown says party must be credible http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33950405

Social Europe, 20.08.15: Taking Corbynomics Seriously http://www.socialeurope.eu/2015/08/taking-corbynomics-seriously/

openDemocracy: Our Kingdom, 02.09.15: How 'unelectable' is Jeremy Corbyn? https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/jonathan-knott/how-unelectable-is-jeremy-corbyn

The Conversation, 05.09.15: Jeremy Corbyn: the accidental Labour leader? https://theconversation.com/jeremy-corbyn-the-accidental-labour-leader-47117

The Guardian, 07.09.15: Labour leadership campaign enters final stage with half of members yet to vote http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/07/labour-leadership-campaign-enters-final-stage-with-half-of-members-yet-to-vote

YouGov, 27.08.15: 'You may say that I’m a dreamer': inside the mindset of Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/08/27/you-may-say-im-dreamer-inside-mindset-jeremy-corby/

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