The Labour leader’s genuine test is not to impress the faithful in Brighton. It is to make an authentic pitch to millions at homeIt is a moment for which the left has waited precisely 34 years. On 27 September 1981,at the Labour conference in Brighton, Tony Benn was defeated by Denis Healey for the partys deputy leadership – “by a hair of my eyebrow”, and as Healey records in his memoirs. Related: Memo to Labour MPs – Jeremy Corbyn won. Deal with it | Ronan Bennett Continue reading...
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