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Labour leadership race: Three mainstream candidates booed at hustings

Veteran left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn received the warmest welcome of all the candidates at a Labour leadership campaign hustings.

All three of his rivals were booed and heckled on the issue of renewing Trident, and for refusing to condemn Tory welfare reforms.

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Corbyn nomination gives Labour members 'widest choice'

Jeremy Corbyn was nominated for the Labour leadership to ensure that the party's members had the widest possible choice of candidates to consider, some MPs have said.

However, Labour backbencher John Mann was scathing about Mr Corbyn's presence on the ballot paper.

"So to demonstrate our desire never to win again, Islington'sJeremy Corbyn is now a Labour leadership candidate," Mr Mann said on Twitter.

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