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Johnson fires another warning shot at Miliband

Shadow chancellor calls for major reform of the Labour leadership voting system.

By George Eaton

Having elected Ed Miliband as leader less than two months ago, now may seem an odd time for Labour to re-open the debate over its arcane voting system. But that’s what the increasingly outspoken Alan Johnson has done. He tells the Times (£): “I would like to see a full one-member one-vote system for leadership contests. At the moment it can be one-member four votes and that’s wrong.”

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