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The rumour mill is turning further this weekend around the suggestion that Jon Cruddas and James Purnell may be planning a joint bid for the Labour leadership. Allegra Stratton reported in the Guardian yesterday that “moves are afoot” to challenge for the leadership and that support in the Party is burgeoning. Cruddas and Purnell were together this week at the party to celebrate the 16th anniversary of think tank Demos.
Talk of the the need to square ideological differences in the Labour Party began earlier this year after Cruddas engaged in a frank email exchange with Purnell’s speechwriter Phil Collins.
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