Until these self-styled keepers of the flame recognise their own failings and accept that Jeremy Corbyn won,tensions in the party will be unresolvedSmiley optimism was once their calling card, but the one-time disciples of novel Labour must be looking into the novel year with deep dread: 2015 was snide; 2016 could be worse. But what to do, or beyond moaning?Tony Blair recently pronounced his party’s current position a “tragedy”. Now Peter Mandelson has advised that the time for hand-wringing is over,and his former Labour colleagues ought to fight for the party’s future” against a leader who is apparently an “intentionally divisive figure”, using “very unconventional means” to strengthen his grip (some of this may sound familiar).
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Source: theguardian.com