Breakfast Club (British Politics)

Breakfast Club refers to an informal group of four Labour Party politicians in prominent leadership positions, all gaining their seats at the 2010 General Election. All members are seen to be from the 'Blairite' wing of the party.

All members have endorsed Liz Kendall's bid for leadership of the party,^[1] although Kendall's commitment to the group has been disputed, with reported absences from group meetings and one MP reportedly saying “I don’t think Liz eats breakfast”.^[2]

The term rose to prominence following the defeat of the Labour Party in the 2015 General Election, amid leadership speculation. The term is in reference to early morning meetings in Portcullis House reportedly "to plot the future".^[3]

The four members of the set are^[4][5][6][7]

• Chuka Umunna, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• Tristram Hunt, Shadow Secretary of State for Education
• Liz Kendall, Shadow Minister for Care and Older People
• Emma Reynolds, Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

See also

• Notting Hill set

References

1. "Who's backing whom". LabourList. Labour List. Retrieved 5/6/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. Prince, Rosa (27 May 2015). "Liz Kendall: full story of the outsider who became the Labour leadership candidate with the ‘mo’". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
3. Prince, Rosa (27 May 2015). "Liz Kendall: full story of the outsider who became the Labour leadership candidate with the ‘mo’". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
4. Troughton, Adrian (January 26, 2015). "MP Liz Kendall dismisses as "complete nonsense" talk of her being a possible new leader of the Labour Party". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 5/6/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
5. Hardman, Isabel (26 May 2015). "Chuka Umunna endorses Liz Kendall for Labour leader". The Spectator. Retrieved 5/6/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
6. McTague, Tom (25 May 2015). "Labour grandee Lord Prescott savages leadership contenders for 'meaningless' campaigns to succeed Miliband". Mail Online. Retrieved 5/6/15. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
7. Prince, Rosa (27 May 2015). "Liz Kendall: full story of the outsider who became the Labour leadership candidate with the ‘mo’". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 June 2015.