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The Tories can only benefit from the rise and rise of Jeremy Corbyn

If he becomes Labour leader, the party will move further leftwards

18 July 2015

9:00 AM

18 July 2015

9:00 AM

It wasn’t meant to work out this way. A month ago, Westminster watched to see if Jeremy Corbyn could get the support of the 35 MPs he needed to enter the Labour leadership race. At the time, it seemed a sort of joke. After all, the people who were lending him their backing weren’t doing so for any great love of Corbyn.

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