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Momentum chief: winning elections is for political elites

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Oh dear. Today Jeremy Corbyn fuelled concerns that he isn’t interested in winning power when he failed to say that winning a general election was a priority, during an appearance on the Andrew Marr Show.

Now Jon Lansman, the Momentum chief, has waded into the ‘should winning matter to a major political party?’ debate.

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