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JEREMY CORBYN supporters were urged to build support for socialist policies both within Labour and wider communities at a packed-out launch of Momentum Scotland at the weekend.
Labour MSP Elaine Smith slammed attacks from the right-wing media and Blairites within the party at the Saturday event.
She pointed out that “60 per cent is a huge mandate for change, and the only ones who don’t realise that are the dinosaurs in the Parliamentary Labour Party.”
Last weekend’s inaugural conference mixed warmth, unity and ambition with the unmistakable echo of old arguments. MATT KERR wonders whether the fledgling party’s difficulties can be overcome
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
