Ms Eagle, who resigned as shadow business secretary last week, said leader Jeremy Corbyn had failed "to lead an organised and effective" party. Mr Corbyn's spokesman insisted he would remain as Labour leader and would fight any leadership challenge.
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Below is the list of newly elected members of our association. There was one candidate for each of the six vacant positions. Considering that the positions were unopposed, voters were still given the 3 options. Voting for, voting against or remaining abstain in electing each candidate.
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Most of us like to think we're too clever to be caught out by internet fraudsters. In fact any of us can be caught out by these scroungers . Their tricks have gone far beyond the infamous fax from a "
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An African Perspective
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