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TONY BLAIR’S attack on Jeremy Corbyn backfired badly yesterday, unintentionally sparking a rush of support for the left candidate’s Labour leadership campaign.
Mr Corbyn’s campaign team revealed that, in the hours after the former prime minister’s outburst, their fundraising efforts had soared past a £45,000 target.
They told the Morning Star that they were inundated with new volunteers, receiving over 1,000 emails from people offering their time to support the campaign.
Tony Benn’s constituents chose him by an overwhelming majority — but because he had inherited a peerage, parliamentary rules declared their choice invalid, writes MAT COWARD
CHARLEY ALLAN reports from Clacton on Farage’s fears his by-election stunt has backfired
Can entrenched institutional power be overcome?
