The final CLP nomination numbers are in: 285 (or 84%) backed Corbyn and just 53 (or 16%) declared for Owen Smith. Jezza got around 15,000 votes overall to Smith’s 7,500, implying a Corbynista vote lead of 67% to 33%. Oily has a mountain to climb…
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Philip Hammond uses a trip to Berlin to mock the Foreign Secretary:
“A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. Wise words with some applicability to the Brexit negotiations although I try to discourage talk of “cake” amongst my colleagues.”
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