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RICHARD BURGON argues that Labour’s conference policy offers the best way out of the Tory-created Brexit crisis
Labour conference

NO sooner had Parliament shut down for Christmas than “Operation Attack Corbyn” leapt into operation, opportunistically and cynically exploiting very real and important fears about a Tory Brexit to try to overturn Labour’s democratically agreed Brexit position.  

Some press coverage manufactured outrage based upon supposedly “new” comments from the leader of the Labour Party that were in fact reiterations of Labour’s conference policy. 

Other articles included sensationalist interpretations of surveys of party members’ view of Labour’s handling of Brexit. 

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