Labour's shadow business secretary
Chuka Umunna announced his bid to become Labour leader in a video released
online this morning.
The modernising MP for Streatham in
south London made the announcement on Facebook after savaging Labour's
disastrous election defeat.
He is the second Labour MP to join the
race to replace Ed Miliband, after Blairite shadow health minister Liz Kendall
announced her bid on Sunday.
With his girlfriend, Alice Sullivan for the very first time on Sunday
But the pair are likely to be joined by
at least three more candidates, including Yvette Cooper, the wife of former
chancellor Ed Balls, and the shadow health secretary Andy Burnham.
Mr Umunna this morning claimed he
wanted to 'lead the effort' to get Labour back into power in 2020 - dismissing
claims it would take the party another 10 years to win back power.
Labour slumped to its worst defeat in
almost 30 years in last week's election – finishing 99 seats behind the
Conservatives, with 26 fewer MPs than even Gordon Brown managed in 2010.
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