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Corbynsceptics are struggling because they only argue out of expediency

Corbynsceptics are in crisis because they have fallen out of the habit of arguing from principle. 

By Stephen Bush

Fights in the Labour Party tend to break out for two reasons: conviction or necessity.

Before the election result, which entrenched Jeremy Corbyn’s hold on the party, the leadership wanted to lower the threshold to nominate candidates for the top job out of necessity and conviction.

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