Left Labour MP Alan Simpson has stated that the left will stand a candidate against Gordon Brown in a Labour leadership contest to replace Tony Blair.
According to a report in the Independent, Alan Simpson himself might well be the left candidate.
The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy has been urging constituency Labour Parties to submit motions for the Labour Party conference, starting in Brighton on 26 September, to force a leadership contest.
This year, for the first time since the Blair "reforms" in the Labour Party, constituency Labour Parties have a right to get motions on the conference agenda. However, only four motions will be allowed, and there must be a danger that New Labour conference managers will fix things so as to get four innocuous texts put up.