Rolling coverage of the day´s political developments as they happen, including Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQsLabour failed on Russia under Corbyn´s leadership, says Nandy Nandy´s foreign policy speech and Q&A - SummaryPMQs verdict: flat, underpowered and frankly a bit dull 4.04pm GMT SERA, the Labour environment campaign (originally it was the Socialist Environment and Resources Association), has endorsed Sir Keir Starmer for Labour leader. That may not sound very significant, because SERA is a tiny organisation, but it is one of the 20 socialist societies affiliated to Labour and as such it can nominate candidates for the party leadership.Starmer and the other four candidates still in the race - Rebecca Long-Bailey, Jess Phillips, Lisa Nandy and Emily Thornberry - have already received enough nominations from MPs to make it onto the ballot.UPDATE: SERA nominates @KeirStarmer in leadership race.https://t.co/x6pnjHP2T7 pic.twitter.com/SGWBOO5wqgWe looked hard at the record and competences of all of the candidates and it was very clear to us that Keir stood out as the candidate who had consistently supported SERA´s positions within the party and in parliament - opposing the expansion of Heathrow airport, standing up to protect environmental legislation in the Brexit debate, and campaigning with us on air quality.Most importantly, we are in a race to tackle the climate emergency. We need a leader who can take on the government now and who has the experience and broad appeal to take Labour into power and urgently deliver the measures needed to address the looming climate emergency. 3.36pm GMT Lisa Nandy´s speech to the RSA thinktank earlier on foreign policy was a lot more substantial than the speech she delivered on Monday. It may not have amounted to an all-encompassing vision, but Nandy has a very good turn of phrase - eg, `the lesson from history is that the path of least resistance has never pointed towards progress`, or `Labour is not yet in power ...
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