Video footage being recirculated today on Twitter underlines deputy leader candidate Richard Burgon’s credentials for the Labour job.
A few days after the general election, Burgon not only took the S*n’s Tom Newton-Dunn to task for his rag’s vile behaviour toward the people of Liverpool and others, but also recognised – contrary to the shameless rewriting of history attempted by the Labour right – that the party’s change of position on Brexit was the fatal element in the election result:
In both, Burgon showed why he is a popular choice with Labour members who know that the party has to admit and put right that catastrophic mistake and win back the leave seats in its heartlands, as it must if Labour is to return to power for the good of the country.
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