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DENNIS SKINNER spoke for Labour members across Britain yesterday, sticking two fingers up at the MPs who have thrown the party into chaos by launching a coup against Jeremy Corbyn.
Mr Corbyn was greeted with a frosty silence from plotting backbenchers as he arrived in the Commons for an urgent statement on the fallout from the EU referendum.
But the Beast of Bolsover staged a powerful show of solidarity with the embattled leader that may rank among his most memorable contributions to Parliament.
Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD
In a wide-ranging interview, JEREMY CORBYN talks to Ben Chacko about the difficulties the new Prime Minister faces and why he sees no future in Labour
Meanwhile, incoming PM Andy Burnham dithers over who should be his Chancellor