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Jeremy Corbyn’s extraordinary success is a coup for the Tories

16 July 2015

1:00 PM

16 July 2015

1:00 PM

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It wasn’t meant to work out this way. A month ago, Westminster watched to see if Jeremy Corbyn could get the support of the 35 MPs he needed to enter the Labour leadership race. At the time, it seemed a sort of joke. After all, the people who were lending him their backing weren’t doing so for any great love of Corbyn.

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