Labour has outstanding leaders. It’s a shame that they are all in the regions | Simon Jenkins

There is a clear way for the Labour party to progress; it must open up its primaries to talented regional politicians

Who is really powerful in the British Labour party? Who wins votes, decides policies, commands budgets, doles out jobs? Who knows how to run something?

I tell you the answer.It is people such as Richard Leese, Nick Forbes, Judith Blake, Albert Bore, Julie Dore, Peter Soulsby, Jules Pipe and Robin Wales. You have probably never heard of them, because you think important politics...