Labour Party leadership hopeful Clive Lewis today (10 January) chose Brixtonās Black Cultural Archives for the launch of his campaign.
Nominations for a place on the ballot close on Monday and Lewis does not yet have enough.
He gave details of the structural and cultural steps he says the party needs to take āto get out of the hole they are in so that they are not just ready to be in office in five years time but ready for powerā.
He told supporters: āTo win the next election, the Labour party needs to completely transform our party culture, organisation and programme, so itās in tune with both our socialist values and the fast-changing context of the 21st century.
“The social democratic project is in crisis all over the world and we canāt expect to use the same old campaign tactics and expect to win.
āThe public have lost faith in our democratic institutions, we face a climate catastrophe and epoch-defining possibilities and challenges from the tech revolution.
āWe have to be forward thinking and realise the needs of working people in 10 yearsā time will be very different to what they are today.
āThe Labour Party needs to modernise to meet these new challenges. We canāt go on as we were before. We need to āTransform to Winā.ā