Left out: is this the end for Labour’s Corbynites?

Diane Abbott’s comments on racism could have wider implications for the future of Labour’s left-wing

Diane Abbott, Jeremy Cornyn and John McDonnell walking into Labour conference in Liverpool in 2018
Diane Abbott, Jeremy Cornyn and John McDonnell, with Keir Starmer (right), in 2018
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Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Diane Abbott: back in 2015 they were heralded as the left-wing “triumvirate who took control of Labour”.

“Never before had Labour’s left – which Peter Mandelson had aspired to place in a ‘sealed tomb’ – wielded such power in the party,” said The New Statesman.

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