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T_i_B

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23. In power?

Reply to liberalhistorian (Reply #6)

Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:06 AM

Jul 2016

I think you will find that the exact opposite is the case. The Blairites have either refused to serve under corbyn in the first place, or walked out of the shadow cabinet (along with a good chunk of non-Blairites) in protest at Corbyn's weak, inept leadership.

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