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updated 10:20 AM UTC, Dec 13, 2023

Labour Leadership Results: Jeremy Corbyn Wins 61.8pc Of Vote

The Telegraph / UK: Jeremy Corbyn has urged Labour to “wipe the slate clean” after he was re-elected as party leader, following a bitter campaign which saw him defeat challenger Owen Smith.

Mr Corbyn said both he and Mr Smith were part of the “same Labour family” as he appealed for unity after winning 61.8 per centĀ of the vote.

Mr Smith and Hilary Benn, whose sacking as shadow foreign secretary sparked the mass resignations earlier this summer, have both called for the party to come together. Mr Benn simply tweeted: “Time for unity.”

Is Labour beginning to unite?

Mr Corbyn said the party was already coming together, with “lots of MPs” signalling their support.

“On my phone, already text messages are coming in from lots of people who want to get on board and get out there and do the campaigning,” he told the BBC.

He said discussions were under way over a call by the Parliamentary Labour Party for a return to shadow cabinet elections.

However he indicated that he wanted to go further in “widening and deepening” democracy in the party by involving members as well.

“We are discussing also democratising the party because we are a party that is in a completely new place unprecedented in British politics – 300,000 new members in a year. They all want a voice as well,” he told Sky News.

He also refused to support calls to rule out the de-selection of MPs.

“It is not my decision who is selected for a place or not. I am not a leader who imposes things on constituencies,” he told the BBC.

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