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“The Labour party is a moral crusade or it is nothing” was Harold Wilson’s rallying cry to the Labour conference a little over fifty years ago (somewhat unusually for political quotations it seems clear that he did actually say it). Twelve years later he was declaring they were now a “natural party of government”. It’s an awkwardly matched pair of declarations that have rung down the decades since (put either into google today and you find clichéd* starting points for…

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Corbyn wins on the first ballot with a higher share of the vote than Blair did in 1994 pic.twitter.com/upXinPwvKo — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 Tom Watson wins the deputy leadership on the third round of voting. pic.twitter.com/HnaOro0Wg2 — TSE (@TSEofPB) September 12, 2015 His 59.5% is higher than the 57% Blair received in 1994 All those Burnham supporters that lent Corbyn some nominations to make it on to the ballot paper to see a broader debate will be feeling…

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Will Labour’s winner have a clear mandate? 2015 hasn’t been the happiest of years for Labour. They have had worse ones – 1931, perhaps – but it’s still been a bit of a shocker. Today’s leadership election result ought to close that chapter and open a new and more hopeful one. Unfortunately for those desperate to put the Miliband era behind them, that may not be the case. The irregularities of the leadership election, where many members and supporters haven’t…

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