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Another comradely debate
Corbyn’s still getting all the applause, says LUKE JAMES

THERE was none of the booing that hogged the headlines following some of the first Labour leadership hustings.

This hustings for members of Labour’s 15 affiliated trade unions was the “comradely” debate that Ed Miliband called for when he sparked the contest to succeed him.

Three of the candidates went further, vying in their own way to pick up Mr Miliband’s mantle.

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