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Labour movement pays tribute to ‘true working-class hero’
HARRY HARPHAM was remembered as one of the “ultimate working-class heroes” yesterday as the Labour movement mourned the loss of the miners’ MP.
Jeremy Corbyn lead the tributes to the Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough MP, who died on Thursday night aged 61 following a five-month struggle with cancer.
Labour’s leader, who had promoted him to Labour’s shadow energy team, described him a “decent man” who had fought for working people “to the very end.”
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