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John Rentoul
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Re Lab NEC: Corbyn a Eurosceptic but he's not bothered about staying if it helps him get to No 10; he's resisting new referendum to try to maximise Lab vote
His people reckon Labour would lose more Leave votes by definitely backing a referendum than it would gain from ChUK & LibDems
And Greens
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