After Tuesday’s vote of Labour’s National Executive Committee, Jeremy Corbyn is automatically on the ballot in any leadership contest. So, with the prospect of a Corbyn-led Labour for the rest of eternity (or until he retires) now looking likely, it’s little wonder his team were in the mood to celebrate last night.
In fact there was only one thing for it — bubbles! Although Corbynistas tend to take exception to being called ‘champagne socialists’, the Labour leader’s team lived up to the stereotype last night, with his office manager Karie Murphy tweeting a photo of two bottles of Parliament’s finest fizz:
Still, with Corbyn now accused of trying to fix the vote — thanks to a last-ditch attempt to oust Jon Ashworth from the NEC — Murphy is no doubt also on hand to lend the Labour leader a supportive ear. In 2013, she stepped down as the Falkirk parliamentary candidate following allegations that Unite tried to fix the selection in her favour.
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