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Brexit live: Tom Watson says Jeremy Corbyn 'must go' as Labour leader Brexit live: Tom Watson says Jeremy Corbyn 'must go' as Labour leader
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Jeremy Corby has arrived at the Momentum rally in central London, where the crowd has grown and may number up to 400 now, reports Jessica Elgot.
Corbyn is here now, crowd has grown quite a bit. Told reporters as he came in he is "very well, thanks" pic.twitter.com/S7hW9vooCm
He tells the crowd that he entered the Labour leadership race to raise issues such as the redistribution of wealth.
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Brexit campaign donor considers backing new party to replace Ukip
The Brexit campaign’s biggest financial donor has said he is considering backing a new political party taking in members of Ukip, Labour and the Conservatives.
In a sign that the referendum aftershocks already rocking the Conservative and Labour parties could be spreading to Ukip, the insurance multi-millionaire and Ukip funder Arron Banks criticised the party’s growth and proposed harnessing Brexit support in a new party.
When asked if Farage would be in charge, he said the Ukip leader “may have had enough”.
You can read that story from the Guardian’s Robert Booth, Alan Travis and Amelia Gentleman in full here.
Banks said:
I think we have a good shot at taking over from Labour as the opposition because Labour are imploding and Labour voters for the first time ever have defied their party, voting for leave.
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The Labour leader has received the backing of the 10 big affiliated labour unions, reports Michael Crick of Channel 4 News.
He reports that the unions said Corbyn’s position could not and should not be challenged except through proper and democratic procedures provided for in the party’s constitution.
Statement from ten big Labour Party backing Corbyn in his job, but not in very effusive terms pic.twitter.com/0Klb1Hby7H
Corbyn’s backers include the biggest civil service union, the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS).
Its ruling body held an emergency meeting to discuss the political fallout from the EU referendum and the impact on its members’ jobs in the civil service and related agencies.
It noted Corbyn’s promise at the union’s annual conference last month to restore national pay negotiations in the civil service – something New Labour refused to do in 13 years – and to oppose further cuts to pay and redundancy terms, and repeal the Tories’ Trade Union Act.
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John McDonnell has described a meeting of the Labour parliamentary party as “like a lynch mob without a rope,” reports the Guardian’s Jessica Elgot, who was listening to the shadow chancellor earlier as he addressed a London rally organised by Momentum, the grouping set up by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn.
McDonnell told the rally:
The parliamentary Labour party meeting was not a meeting to enjoy, it was like a lynch mob without a rope.
MP after MP urged Jeremy to resign on the basis that we could not win an election with him in office. The irony is we were welcoming the winner of the Tooting byelection who doubled her majority.
They used the referendum as a chance to mount a coup. What is happening is a very British coup going on.
But I’ve been trying to explain to some members of the parliamentary Labour party that there’s an extremely recent Greek invention called democracy. This is a battle for democracy.
By far the biggest cheer is when McDonnell says Corbyn leadership will stop any more "military escapades"
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Angela Eagle ally on leadership bid: 'We've got the numbers.." Angela Eagle ally on leadership bid: 'We've got the numbers'
Heather StewartHeather Stewart
Heather Stewart has news of tomorrow’s Angela Eagle bidHeather Stewart has news of tomorrow’s Angela Eagle bid
Angela Eagle is expected to launch a bid for the Labour leadership on Thursday morning as Jeremy Corbyncontinues to resist intense pressure to resign, including from his deputy. Angela Eagle is expected to launch a bid for the Labour leadership on Thursday morning as Jeremy Corbyn continues to resist intense pressure to resign, including from his deputy.
She is expected to pledge to reunify the fractured party, which has been locked in a vicious internal battle since the weekend, when Corbyn sacked his shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, for criticising his leadership.She is expected to pledge to reunify the fractured party, which has been locked in a vicious internal battle since the weekend, when Corbyn sacked his shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, for criticising his leadership.
“We’ve got the numbers, we’ve got the big hitters, it will probably be tomorrow afternoon,” said an ally of Eagle, the former shadow business secretary.“We’ve got the numbers, we’ve got the big hitters, it will probably be tomorrow afternoon,” said an ally of Eagle, the former shadow business secretary.
A full story is here.
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John McDonnell, Jeremy Corbyn’s closest ally in the Labour Party, has been addressing an event in support of the Labour leader in central London this evening John McDonnell, Jeremy Corbyn’s closest ally in the Labour party, has been addressing an event in support of the Labour leader in central London this evening.
Well done to all the young activists who put together tonight's #KeepCorbyn event at such short notice. pic.twitter.com/S1jPyESOrpWell done to all the young activists who put together tonight's #KeepCorbyn event at such short notice. pic.twitter.com/S1jPyESOrp
Jeremy Corbyn himself is also said to be on the way to the rally. Jeremy Corbyn himself is said to be on the way to the rally.
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Jeremy Corbyn has been a “pretty awful” Labour leader but the state of the party is hardly his fault, writes the Guardian’s John Harris in a piece that makes for bleak but important reading for anyone who cares about Labour or even the broader British political left.Jeremy Corbyn has been a “pretty awful” Labour leader but the state of the party is hardly his fault, writes the Guardian’s John Harris in a piece that makes for bleak but important reading for anyone who cares about Labour or even the broader British political left.
The party as it has been known may well be finished, he adds:The party as it has been known may well be finished, he adds:
On one side is the current leader and a small band of leftist diehards, backed by an energetic, well-drilled movement but devoid of any coherent project and out of touch with the voters who have just defied the party in their droves.On one side is the current leader and a small band of leftist diehards, backed by an energetic, well-drilled movement but devoid of any coherent project and out of touch with the voters who have just defied the party in their droves.
On the other is a counter-revolution led by MPs who mostly failed to see this crisis coming, have very few worthwhile ideas themselves, and are a big part of the reason the Brexit revolt happened in the first place. As the activist Neal Lawson says, the choice is essentially between different captains of the Titanic, and therefore is no choice at all.On the other is a counter-revolution led by MPs who mostly failed to see this crisis coming, have very few worthwhile ideas themselves, and are a big part of the reason the Brexit revolt happened in the first place. As the activist Neal Lawson says, the choice is essentially between different captains of the Titanic, and therefore is no choice at all.
As with the centre-left parties across Europe in the same predicament, Labour is a 20th-century party adrift in a new reality. Its social foundations – the unions, heavy industry, the nonconformist church, a deference to the big state that has long evaporated – are either in deep retreat or have vanished completely. Its name embodies an attachment to the supposed glories of work that no longer chimes with insecure employment and insurgent automation.As with the centre-left parties across Europe in the same predicament, Labour is a 20th-century party adrift in a new reality. Its social foundations – the unions, heavy industry, the nonconformist church, a deference to the big state that has long evaporated – are either in deep retreat or have vanished completely. Its name embodies an attachment to the supposed glories of work that no longer chimes with insecure employment and insurgent automation.
John also says:John also says:
In a cruel twist of fate, the spectre of the sainted Tony Benn hangs over the whole grim drama: he was the guru of the leftwing anti-EU position we now call Lexit, but also the man who endlessly pushed the idea that activists should have the whip hand over parliamentarians.In a cruel twist of fate, the spectre of the sainted Tony Benn hangs over the whole grim drama: he was the guru of the leftwing anti-EU position we now call Lexit, but also the man who endlessly pushed the idea that activists should have the whip hand over parliamentarians.
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Angela Eagle to declare leadership bid on ThursdayAngela Eagle to declare leadership bid on Thursday
Angela Eagle, the former shadow business secretary, is going to launch her Labour leadership challenge tomorrow morning.Angela Eagle, the former shadow business secretary, is going to launch her Labour leadership challenge tomorrow morning.
Angela Eagle likely to launch her leadership bid tomorrow, I understand. An ally tells me "we have the numbers, we have the big hitters".Angela Eagle likely to launch her leadership bid tomorrow, I understand. An ally tells me "we have the numbers, we have the big hitters".
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Here’s John Crace’s sketch of today’s prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons, which he describes as a match between “two dead men walking who would have rather been anywhere but in the House of Commons”:Here’s John Crace’s sketch of today’s prime minister’s questions in the House of Commons, which he describes as a match between “two dead men walking who would have rather been anywhere but in the House of Commons”:
One went down with some dignity. The other just went down.One went down with some dignity. The other just went down.
Not even the 40 members of the parliamentary Labour party who apparently do still have confidence in Jeremy Corbyn could be bothered to raise a cheer when he stood at the dispatch box for prime minister’s questions.Not even the 40 members of the parliamentary Labour party who apparently do still have confidence in Jeremy Corbyn could be bothered to raise a cheer when he stood at the dispatch box for prime minister’s questions.
He rose in almost total silence, his face twisted in anger: the dividing line between stubborn ambition and personal principle has become increasingly opaque.He rose in almost total silence, his face twisted in anger: the dividing line between stubborn ambition and personal principle has become increasingly opaque.
Read on.Read on.
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A Guardian debate about the future of the UK is about to get under way at 7pm. Here’s a link to the livestream (Hashtag #guardianlive).A Guardian debate about the future of the UK is about to get under way at 7pm. Here’s a link to the livestream (Hashtag #guardianlive).
Taking part in the discussion will be the Guardian’s political editor Anushka Asthana, Guardian journalists John Harris and Gary Younge, writer and broadcaster Paul Mason, and our chair for the evening, the Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland.Taking part in the discussion will be the Guardian’s political editor Anushka Asthana, Guardian journalists John Harris and Gary Younge, writer and broadcaster Paul Mason, and our chair for the evening, the Guardian’s Jonathan Freedland.
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The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has written to David Cameron seeking reassurance about the status of EU nationals currently studying at schools in the UK, reports the Guardian’s Richard Adams.The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has written to David Cameron seeking reassurance about the status of EU nationals currently studying at schools in the UK, reports the Guardian’s Richard Adams.
The open letter to the prime minister says:The open letter to the prime minister says:
School leaders are reporting to us that some of their young students are worrying about their future.School leaders are reporting to us that some of their young students are worrying about their future.
Pupils are worried about being forced to leave Britain. They are fearful of a potential rise in racism and community conflict. They are concerned about their prospects in an uncertain and isolated Britain.Pupils are worried about being forced to leave Britain. They are fearful of a potential rise in racism and community conflict. They are concerned about their prospects in an uncertain and isolated Britain.
It is not just the economic markets that need calming. Our young people need a statement from the government to address their fears.It is not just the economic markets that need calming. Our young people need a statement from the government to address their fears.
NAHT strongly urges the government to give pupils from the EU better assurance that they will be able to complete their school education without interruption; that they and their families remain welcome and valued members of the communities they call home.NAHT strongly urges the government to give pupils from the EU better assurance that they will be able to complete their school education without interruption; that they and their families remain welcome and valued members of the communities they call home.
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McDonnell: Number of Labour MPs "tearing the party apart"McDonnell: Number of Labour MPs "tearing the party apart"
Ben QuinnBen Quinn
John McDonnell has said Jeremy Corbyn is “not going anywhere” and has called on those opposing the Labour leader to “calm down”.John McDonnell has said Jeremy Corbyn is “not going anywhere” and has called on those opposing the Labour leader to “calm down”.
“Unfortunately a number of MPs are tearing the party apart,” the shadow chancellor said in a Sky News interview in the last half an hour, in which he named Tom Watson and Angela Eagle as likely challengers.“Unfortunately a number of MPs are tearing the party apart,” the shadow chancellor said in a Sky News interview in the last half an hour, in which he named Tom Watson and Angela Eagle as likely challengers.
“I think what is happening, because it goes on minute by minute, is that we are likely to see a candidate come forward to challenge Jeremy. I don’t know who. There have been rumours that it is Angela Eagle or Tom Watson,” he said.“I think what is happening, because it goes on minute by minute, is that we are likely to see a candidate come forward to challenge Jeremy. I don’t know who. There have been rumours that it is Angela Eagle or Tom Watson,” he said.
McDonnell also put his support for Corbyn on the record again and insisted that the Labour leader was in buoyant form: “They have all these rumours about one minute I am challenging Jeremy Corbyn and the next I am forcing him to be the leader.McDonnell also put his support for Corbyn on the record again and insisted that the Labour leader was in buoyant form: “They have all these rumours about one minute I am challenging Jeremy Corbyn and the next I am forcing him to be the leader.
“This is ludicrous. He is a good mate of mine. We go back 35 years. I’ll support him to continue as leader. If there is a contest I’ll support him.”“This is ludicrous. He is a good mate of mine. We go back 35 years. I’ll support him to continue as leader. If there is a contest I’ll support him.”
“All I am saying to everybody is ‘calm down’. We call ourselves comrades in the Labour party. Let’s do it in a comradely, friendly manner if there is to be this debate.”“All I am saying to everybody is ‘calm down’. We call ourselves comrades in the Labour party. Let’s do it in a comradely, friendly manner if there is to be this debate.”
.@johnmcdonnellMP says if there's a Labour leadership contest Jeremy Corbyn could win it https://t.co/AEEJmPmaGl https://t.co/sIiqutqQvl.@johnmcdonnellMP says if there's a Labour leadership contest Jeremy Corbyn could win it https://t.co/AEEJmPmaGl https://t.co/sIiqutqQvl
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Watson says he tried to tell Corbyn to resign, but Corbyn would not discuss it with himWatson says he tried to tell Corbyn to resign, but Corbyn would not discuss it with him
Andrew SparrowAndrew Sparrow
Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, told the BBC that he tried to tell Jeremy Corbyn to resign, but Corbyn would not discuss it with him.Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, told the BBC that he tried to tell Jeremy Corbyn to resign, but Corbyn would not discuss it with him.
I’m afraid Jeremy was not willing to discuss that with me. I’m assuming that he remains in office. That’s where the situation stands.I’m afraid Jeremy was not willing to discuss that with me. I’m assuming that he remains in office. That’s where the situation stands.
Watson also said he thought that Corbyn was trying to tough it out.Watson also said he thought that Corbyn was trying to tough it out.
I just think he feels very strongly that he has that mandate from the members. He holds less weight on parliamentary politics, and that’s where he is. He’s obviously been told to stay by John McDonnell and his team, and they’ve decided they’re going to tough this out. It looks like the Labour party is heading for some kind of contested election.I just think he feels very strongly that he has that mandate from the members. He holds less weight on parliamentary politics, and that’s where he is. He’s obviously been told to stay by John McDonnell and his team, and they’ve decided they’re going to tough this out. It looks like the Labour party is heading for some kind of contested election.
That’s all from me for today.That’s all from me for today.
My colleague Ben Quinn is taking over now.My colleague Ben Quinn is taking over now.
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The journalist Paul Mason says the EU leaders beefed up the draft of the communique they issued at the end of their “EU27” meeting today (the one Britain was not invited to) to make it clear they they will fight any attempt by David Cameron’s successor to try to get access to the single market while not allowing free movement.
News: EU Council statement said to insist "access to single market requires acceptance of all four freedoms" - free movement for EEA status
News: EU Council also to insist no negotiations of any kind without A50 and firmed up wording to make that categoric from earlier draft
The EUCO “all four freedoms” line is not for show. I seen draft and it was an addition. It means they are determined for showdown w Boris
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Ken Livingstone has announced he has given up his seat on Labour’s national executive committee. He was not able attend because he was suspended, and he will be replaced by another Corbynite.
This could be significant if the NEC ends up having to rule on matters relating to the expected leadership contest, such was whether or not Jeremy Corbyn needs the backing of 50 MPs and MEPs to stand.
I'm standing down from Labour's NEC as my suspension stops me attending.Another supporter of Jeremy Corbyn, Darren Williams, takes my place
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BBC2’s Newsnight has contacted 50 constituency Labour party chairs and secretaries who backed Jeremy Corbyn last year. Of those, 45 still support Corbyn. “Many we spoke to were nothing short of incensed at the antics of the party’s MPs,” Newsnight’s Lewis Goodall writes.
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Tom Watson says he won't stand against Corbyn
These are from the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg.
Tom Watson is saying that he won’t stand against Jeremy Corbyn, but that there will be a contest. That means it will almost certainly be Corbyn v Angela Eagle (assuming Corbyn continues to refuse to resign).
Breaking - Tom Watson tells me Corbyn has to go but he is unwilling to quit
Watson tells me he won't stand but there will be leadership election
Watson says he's been trying to reach a 'negotiated settlement' today to persuade COrbyn to go
Watson tells me he believes it's John McDonnell who is preventing Corbyn from quitting
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Kezia Dugdale offers to be shadow Scottish secretary
Severin Carrell
The Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale told Jeremy Corbyn she would take on the vacant post as shadow Scottish secretary on Labour’s cabinet in a bid to fill the vacuum left by Ian Murray’s resignation on Sunday, party sources have told the Guardian.
With further announcements on Corbyn’s shadow cabinet thought to be imminent, the post is one of a handful which Corbyn has yet to fill. The disclosures from party sources shed further light on the cause of the delay replacing Murray – the only Labour MP left in Scotland.
Dugdale told Corbyn she would be extremely unhappy if the UK Labour leader appointed a non-Scottish MP or peer to the vacancy, during a series of text conversations and then a phone call on Monday.
An ally of Murray’s, Dugdale told Corbyn it would be “unacceptable” for Scottish Labour not to have direct representation in the shadow cabinet, despite there being no other MP available in Scotland.
Murray, an open critic of Corbyn’s leadership but Labour’s only MP in Scotland, was in the first wave of shadow cabinet resignations on Sunday, calling on Corbyn to resign as UK leader.
Party sources in Edinburgh admit that appointing Dugdale would be complicated: Corbyn would need to appoint a constitution or UK nations spokesman to speak in the Commons. They said Corbyn said the proposal was interesting, but no action has been taken.
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Sarah Vine's leaked email - Analysis
Andrew Sparrow
Sarah Vine’s leaked email (see 4.41pm) is short, and there is very little detail or context in it, but nevertheless it is hugely revealing. Here is a paragraph-by-paragraph snap analysis.
Very important that we focus on the individual obstacles and thoroughly overcome them before moving to the next. I really think Michael needs to have a Henry or a Beth with him for this morning’s crucial meetings.
Analysis: That “we” is very telling. There is nothing unusual about a wife, or husband, offering their spouse support but that “we” suggests that the Gove/Vine operation is something of a duopoly. It is very House of Cards. Or, as Sky’s Kay Burley has said slightly less charitably, it makes Sarah Vine sound rather like Lady Macbeth.
The references to Henry and Beth are to Gove’s special advisers, Henry Cook, Henry Newman and Beth Armstrong. It is normal for cabinet ministers to take their advisers with them into meetings but there is a suggestion here that Gove needs to have someone sitting alongside him to strengthen his resolve. (This is surprising. Of the many complaints about Gove as a minister, lack of steel is not one. It is not spelt who the meetings are with, but they may well be Boris Johnson, and perhaps Gove finds it harder saying no to Johnson than he did to government colleagues.)
One simple message: You MUST have SPECIFIC assurances from Boris OTHERWISE you cannot guarantee your support. The details can be worked out later on, but without that you have no leverage.
Analysis: This is where Vine sets out the Gove/Vine negotiation red line. Sadly, the email does not say what those specific assurances are. A job? A policy commitment? Or perhaps both? But the key point is that Vine is describing this as a transaction. And she is also implying that Johnson cannot be trusted; the assurances have to be “specific” otherwise Johnson will not be bound by them. (Students of Boris Johnson would point out that even if Johnson has made a specific promise, that is no guarantee that he will keep it, but that’s another story.) And those capital letters are worth noting too. It is the epistolary equivalent of a rant. (At the risk of sounding like Kay Burley, Lady Macbeth would have typed her messages in caps if they had had email in 11th-century Scotland.)
Crucially, the membership will not have the necessary reassurance to back Boris, neither will Dacre/Murdoch, who instinctively dislike Boris but trust your ability enough to support a Boris Gove ticket.
Analysis: This reinforces the point about Johnson being untrustworthy. Vine’s claim that the party membership will need reassurance to back Johnson is surprising, because the regular ConservativeHome survey shows that members do support Johnson. But Vine is surely right when she talks about Rupert Murdoch and Paul Dacre (the editor of the Daily Mail). Vine used to work at the Times, and now works for the Mail, and therefore surely knows the internal politics of both media groups extremely well. Murdoch is known to be a strong supporter of Gove’s, and it is thought that Dacre rates him highly too (although the Mail may have its doubts about Gove’s liberal prisons agenda). The crucial claim is that Murdoch and Dacre “instinctively dislike” Johnson. If this is true, in Dacre’s case it may be because of Johnson’s womanising, and in Murdoch’s case it may be because of Johnson’s core liberalism. Vine says Gove’s key value to Johnson is his ability to win over Britain’s two most powerful press barons. Who said the power of the press was waning?
Do not concede any ground. Be your stubborn best.
Analysis: Or, as Lady M put it, “Screw your courage to the sticking place.” Kay Burley’s comparison seems more and more apt.
GOOD LUCK.
Analysis: Those caps seem to say: this matters. Gove himself may play down his personal ambition, but someone else in his household seems to be very ambitious on his behalf.
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Gove's wife raised concerns about Boris Johnson's leadership in leaked email
Sky News has got a cracking story. It has got hold of an email that Sarah Vine, Michael Gove’s wife, sent to Gove, and copied to his aides, saying that he had to insist on getting assurances from Boris Johnson before committing to backing him.
Here is the story.
And here is the email.
Very important that we focus on the individual obstacles and thoroughly overcome them before moving to the next. I really think Michael needs to have a Henry or a Beth with him for this morning’s crucial meetings.
One simple message: You MUST have SPECIFIC assurances from Boris OTHERWISE you cannot guarantee your support. The details can be worked out later on, but without that you have no leverage.
Crucially, the membership will not have the necessary reassurance to back Boris, neither will Dacre/Murdoch, who instinctively dislike Boris but trust your ability enough to support a Boris Gove ticket.
Do not concede any ground. Be your stubborn best.
GOOD LUCK.
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Ed Miliband has written a letter to Labour members in his constituency, which he has posted on Facebook, explaining why he is calling on Jeremy Corbyn to resign. Here’s an extract.
I understand my position will upset some party members. Some who support Jeremy and some who fear this is a distraction from the crisis the country faces. To supporters of Jeremy, my candid view is that a progressive, Left agenda is more likely to be taken forward in a united Labour party, not a wrecked, divided party. And to those who worry about distraction, we cannot function as an effective Opposition in the current circumstances.
Jeremy has had a profound and lasting influence on the debate about who we are as a party and the causes we need to fight for. I know he is someone who cares deeply about those causes, our party and our country. I hope he will reflect on how he can best serve this agenda at this critical moment for Britain and the Labour party.
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Here is Nicola Sturgeon in Brussels saying Scotland is determined to stay in the EU.
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The Lib Dems say more than 10,000 people have joined the party since the Brexit vote last week. The Lib Dems are the only main party committed to going into the next election calling for Britain to stay in the EU. The Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron, said:
People can also see the Labour leadership did not put their back into the fight – when history called they did not step up to the mark.
As the other two parties fight among themselves, people are starting to recognise that only the Liberal Democrats are fighting for their European future.
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