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17 August 2016

Owen Smith tries to play down “negotiate with Isis“ gaffe

Jeremy Corbyn said Isis weren't coming anywhere near his negotiating table. 

By Julia Rampen

The Labour challenger Owen Smith has scrambled to play down suggestions of “getting Islamic State round the table”.

Asked about the Syria conflict at a BBC Labour leadership hustings, Smith said solutions to such crisis “do come about through dialogue” and that resolving it needs “people round the table”. 

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