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.@jeremycorbyn "I will not lead the party in any future general election campaign". But he will lead the party for an interim period while it sorts out his future. Will the big trade unions permit him to stay on after such an electoral humiliation? It sounds as though Corbyn...
knows they will.
My assumption is that Corbyn knows @LenMcCluskey will back him for an indeterminate period as PM. Is @johnmcdonnellMP really on board for this? What about the other leaders of the big unions?
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.@NickyMorgan01 becomes first life peer in cabinet (apart from Lords leader) for decades. This is very old school in terms of our unwritten constitution
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