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We cannot allow Brexit to prise the labour left apart
Labour can win and build a country fit for the future if we come together in unity in the spirit of the Gala, says IAN LAVERY

INAUGURATED in 1871, the 135th Durham Miners’ Gala takes place with the country in chaos over Brexit. 

For some, the question of whether or not Labour backs a second referendum with remain or halts the Brexit process altogether has become the party’s defining issue.

But to make it so ignores our history and our spirit of purpose.

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