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Many ordinary people are desperate for a Labour government – and divisions such as this week’s split will only benefit the Tories, says DIANE ABBOTT

OUR country is in crisis and needs a Labour government more than ever. Millions are facing the misery of poverty wages, a housing crisis and insecure work and the Tories’ bungling of Brexit is adding to a worsening economic outlook and feeling of insecurity about the future.
With this overall context in mind, it was with great sadness that I heard this week that nine of my Labour MP colleagues had resigned from the party.
As Jeremy Corbyn said in response to the news: “Our opponents are the Tories, not each other, and it’s disappointing that a small group of MPs have felt unable to continue to work together for the Labour policies that inspired millions at the last election and saw us increase our vote by the largest share since 1945.”
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