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Labour Roots is going to the masses
This Saturday Jeremy Corbyn will start a new tour of the towns, cities and communities of Britain – because unlike the other parties, Labour is an actual movement, writes RICHARD BURGON MP

THE next prime minister will be decided by just over 100,000 Tory members. That’s less than 0.2 per cent of the population.

What’s worse, the shortlist of two candidates will be drawn up by Conservative MPs — that’s less than 0.005 per cent.

This Saturday, the person I want to be prime minister — Jeremy Corbyn — will start a new tour of Britain, listening to the views of communities across the country about what they want from Labour.

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