Angela Rayner

Angela Rayner Instagram – On this day in 1992 John Smith is elected leader of the Labour Party. John was elected with 91% of the vote, he claims ‘today we begin a journey to eliminate poverty, injustice and homelessness’. He warns of the ‘social unrest’ caused by ‘a hesitant and divided Tory Party’. He says as part of his acceptance speech, “I look around and in every part of the country, in every walk of life, in our schools, at work, in our streets and towns, I see opportunity denied, potential unfulfilled and talent unused.” Those words are as poignant today as they were then, and today’s Tories have much in common as their predecessors did in 1992. Such a shame that he never became our prime minister, his vision and compassion would have changed our country for the better for so many… | Posted on 18/Jul/2020 15:05:26