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  • Deputy leader Tom Watson is expected to hold talks with trade unions to try to get them to withdraw support for Jeremy Corbyn
  • Angela Eagle warned Mr Corbyn she will 'resolve' the crisis if he 'doesn't take action'
  • Unite leader Len McCluskey said the 'coup' against Mr Corbyn has failed
  • Mr Corbyn has been under pressure to quit since nearly his entire shadow cabinet resigned
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McCluskey slams 'political lynching' of Jeremy Corbyn

Len McCluskey said the attempted coup against Mr Corbyn was 'unedifying' Credit: BBC/Andrew Marr show

The leader of the Unite union has hit out at Labour grandees being "dragged out" to be part of the "unedifying" coup against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn which he said was "outrageous".

In an interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Len McCluskey said: "This has been a political lynching of a decent man undermined, humiliated and attacked in order to push him out."

He added: "And here's the truth, it's failed. Jeremy Corbyn is made of stronger stuff. He is a man of steel."

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