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Coffee Shots: Corbyn’s comrades enjoy late night tête-à-tête

As Labour MPs drowned their sorrows in Strangers’ Bar last night following a fractious meeting of the PLP, over in the Red Lion the pro-Corbyn contingent gathered for a pint.

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Mr S’s mole reports that Momentum’s Jon Lansman met with Richard Burgon, the Shadow Justice Secretary, and Seb Corbyn at the Westminster watering hole to give the duo a much-needed pep talk. ‘You’ve just got to carry on,’ Lansman was overheard urging the pair.

With a vote of no confidence now passed in Corbyn’s leadership, their resolve may fade in the coming days.

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