{"id":128727,"date":"2020-03-09T10:58:27","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=128727"},"modified":"2020-03-09T10:58:27","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T09:58:27","slug":"dr-rosena-allin-khan-mp-ive-been-the-underdog-all-my-life-but-i-have-the-ideas-and-the-energy-to-take-labour-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/dr-rosena-allin-khan-mp-ive-been-the-underdog-all-my-life-but-i-have-the-ideas-and-the-energy-to-take-labour-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Rosena Allin-Khan MP: I\u2019ve been the underdog all my life, but I have the ideas and the energy to take Labour forward"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I saw the results of the last election, it broke my heart. I saw a door close on a whole generation of children growing up in difficult circumstances, just as I did, but who\u2019ll never get the same life chances that I eventually enjoyed under a Labour Government. It also lit a fire in the pit of my belly to do something about it. That\u2019s why I decided to run for Deputy Leader. The door I saw close doesn\u2019t have to stay shut forever, but to re-open it, we need a Labour Government.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working as an A&E doctor on the front line of our NHS, means I see a snapshot of our society in technicolour. Here, everything is on show and it\u2019s clear to me how people are suffering. Growing up poor and cold while my single mum worked three jobs to support me and my brother, taught me the reality of daily life for people across the UK. My mother always told me that there were people worse off than us. I have never forgotten that; it drove me to fight to become a doctor, despite failing my A-Levels first time around because things were difficult at home, and it spurred me on to work as a humanitarian doctor in conflict zones across the world.<\/p>\n

The Labour Party changed my life and the lives of so many others. It\u2019s incredibly sad then to see the party in a critical condition. This is no accident, but the result of a chronic failure to address symptoms that were visible for all to see. We shouldn\u2019t have ignored the warning signs in Scotland, and now we\u2019ve paid the price in northern England, across the midlands and in Wales. The Labour Party has to start listening, with humility, not put words into people\u2019s mouths. Only by listening can we begin to heal.<\/p>\n

I truly believe I\u2019m the candidate for Deputy Leader with the best ideas to take Labour forward. I have listened to our local Councillors, candidates and activists and, based on their feedback, I\u2019ve put together my \u2018Grassroots Revival\u2019 plan to suggest ways we could campaign more effectively, to win. I\u2019ve talked about my ideas to overhaul our broken social care system, based on my own experiences both as a doctor and as a daughter with a father found bruised, bloodied and unconscious in a care home. I\u2019ve signed up to the Board of Deputies of British Jews\u2019 Ten Pledges for dealing with antisemitism within Labour, and I\u2019ve published my own pledges as well to ensure our response to this awful stain on our party is as robust as possible. As a humanitarian doctor, I\u2019m committed to internationalism and the relationship the UK has with the rest of the world – this must lead our policy making going forward, during these uncertain times. I\u2019ve also committed to making myself fully accountable to the membership, by pledging to hold a confidence vote in myself after one year of being Deputy Leader, so the membership can decide whether they\u2019re happy that I\u2019m fulfilling my promises to them.<\/p>\n

Those ideas are connecting with the membership of our Labour Party, which is why polls show support for me growing faster than all the other candidates. I know I\u2019m the underdog in this campaign, I have been all my life, but I believe I have the ideas and the energy to take Labour forward together with our members – that\u2019s why I\u2019m standing to be the next Deputy Leader.<\/p>\n

Doctor Rosena Allin-Khan<\/a> is a candidate for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and MP for Tooting.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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