Labour contenders still to make leadership case - The Yorkshire Post says

One of the totemic ‘red wall’ seats which came crashing down on December 12, the next leader’s fate will depend on their ability to restore their party’s credibility in such constituencies after being punished for taking voters for granted.

Yet, while it is right that the party has a period of introspection as it considers those internal factors, such as its stance on Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn’s failure to respond adequately to a tsunami of anti-Semitism allegations, that exacerbated its defeat, it is presently failing in its duty to scrutinise the Government – or even be taken seriously by Ministers.

Once Labour has stopped talking to itself, it needs to start re-engaging with the country. Evidenced by Boris Johnson’s complete contempt for Mr Corbyn at PMQs yesterday over funding for flood defences, not only do Labour need a new leader who can articulate a clear and costed centre-left vision for the 2020s, as opposed to the ‘back to the future’ economics espoused at the last two elections, but the party requires someone of stature who can cut through with all sections of the electorate and hold Ministers to account. With respect, none of the triumvirate have, thus far, showed that they’re qualified to lead Labour back to the centre ground of politics where it has previously prospered, hence why all three candidates still have so much to prove.