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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is "a very nice man but incapable of leading". (Photo: Reuters)

Brexit Briefing

Brexit vote devours UK's Labour Party

If the chatter in Brussels and capitals across the EU is about how and whether the bloc can survive Brexit, the same questions are being asked of the UK and its political parties.

“We’re doomed” messages started popping up on my phone from Labour party officials shortly after midnight on Thursday as the numbers from Newcastle and Sunderland in the North East of England indicated a decisive swing to the Leave campaign.

Some of the post-referendum political carnage was easy to fores...

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