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For our party to succeed it must be a comradely coalition

I felt for Jeremy Corbyn as former Labour leaders toured the TV studios attacking him. Luckily, not every MP is against him.

By John McDonnell

Two weeks after the vote to leave the EU and the Tories are in a full-blown leadership contest. Some Labour MPs are despondent at the outcome of the vote, while others are seeing it as an opportunity to achieve their personal ambitions.

I will fight tooth and nail to make sure our party never splits. Yet it is not a fight any Labour politician or member can do alone. We are a democratic socialist party and we cannot have one without the other. Those who wish to ignore one or both are the ones who wish to divide our party and movement.

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