All the evidence shows voters want Labour to shift to the left — but initial signs from Andy Burnham are worrying on that front, cautions DIANE ABBOTT
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The left might fear Boris Johnson, but he heads a party that looks to be in terminal decline, argues KEITH FLETT
ANDY McDONALD MP says Labour must show it is capable of delivering real improvements in people’s lives — bold action is required
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THE coronation of hard-right Tory Boris Johnson as party leader and hence prime minister will no doubt be hailed as a great victory by the Murdoch press and the Mail.
Elements of the Corbynphobic Labour right won’t lose too much sleep either perhaps, reckoning that of the no-hopers and losers the Tories have available Johnson has the best chance, even if a small one, of beating Labour in a general election.
Yet the reality suggests a sharply different story for the Tories and privately many of them know it.
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