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Inside Politics: Labour leadership candidates scrabble for support

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Adam Forrest
Monday 13 January 2020 09:00 GMT
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Keir Starmer says Labour has a mountain to climb

Wow. And you thought a few days with the family at Christmas was difficult. What a showdown the royals have ahead of them, as the Queen, Charles, William and Harry sit down today to discuss the big split – with Meghan set to join them via conference call (let’s hope she gets the PIN number right; those things can be tricky). Boris Johnson has a bit of family drama to contend with, as Tory ministers air their grievances about the cabinet reshuffle and Whitehall shake-up which lie ahead. And Labour MPs, struggling to keep their in-fighting as polite as possible, have some highly awkward calls of their own to make. Leadership candidates are desperately trying to find the allies they need before today’s nomination deadline. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s daily Inside Politics briefing.

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