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Tom Watson forms mutinous new faction within the Labour Party
New research shows how the lacklustre deputy leader has trousered over £10,000 in freebies

LABOUR deputy leader Tom Watson has launched a new “social democrat” faction within the party in his latest move to sabotage Jeremy Corbyn.

Around 90 Labour MPs and peers rallied around Mr Watson last night for the group’s first meeting in Westminster.

The mutinous politicians included Blairite and Brownite relics like Lord Mandelson and Baron Blunkett.

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