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Why is Labour's deputy leadership contest more significant than it seems?

Why is Labour's deputy leadership contest more significant than it seems?

Update: 2025-10-14

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The post of deputy leader is ill-defined at best. Yet delving deep, and going back to contests in the 1970s, shows they change the course of Labour's history. The current one will also make waves when the result is declared. Plus Donald Trump.. the peacemaker.

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Why is Labour's deputy leadership contest more significant than it seems?

Why is Labour's deputy leadership contest more significant than it seems?

Steve Richards