Dan Hodges

How Gordon Brown’s hit man became Labour’s peacemaker

Blairites once reviled him as a fat thug. Now they reckon he might be the only man who can save their party

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[/audioplayer]Last week I was talking to a member of the shadow cabinet about Jeremy Corbyn’s impending victory as Labour leader. ‘Forget about coups and resistance movements. There’s only one person who can save the party now — and that’s Tom Watson.’

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