Labour leadership race: is 'comfort blanket' Keir Starmer too safe?

Brexit stance will also prove controversial as candidates begin jockeying for position

When Labour members voted at the party’s conference in Brighton last autumn to back their leader’s Brexit stance, one close ally exulted: “This is Jeremy’s party now!”

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