The election for the leadership of Britain’s opposition Labour Party gets under way today when ballot papers are sent out. Current leader Jeremy Corbyn is widely expected to hold onto his job, but no-one is likely to be celebrating at the end of the process.
Labour leadership: Ballot papers for contest to be sent out to nearly 650,000 https://t.co/aIxLDpWA2s pic.twitter.com/nPg8WR66vH
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 22, 2016
Jarrow miners' group slam 'treacherous backstabbing' in the Labour Party – ChronicleLive https://t.co/FLGrn5lGtM
— Guy Fawkes (@UkPoliticsV) August 22, 2016
'Jeremy Corbyn cannot unite us' warns Kezia Dugdale as 640,000 people start voting in the Labour leadership contest https://t.co/CsoZAQTt0g
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) August 22, 2016
Corbyn won't fret over Kezia Dugdale's leadership lecture. Under her in Scotland, Labour slipped to 3rd behind the Cons!
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) August 22, 2016
The backlash against Sadiq Khan is growing https://t.co/q6ifHMgpE3
— The Independent (@Independent) August 22, 2016
George Galloway's latest move has sparked rumours he's about to rejoin Labour https://t.co/T1MvU8MQR4 pic.twitter.com/g7vAppHeuP
— The Independent (@Independent) August 21, 2016
Which Ealing comedy is the Labour leadership election?
— barney farmer (@barneyfarmer) August 22, 2016
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WORLD
Most victims of IS attack on Kurdish wedding in Gaziantep, Turkey were children – reports https://t.co/KKWwTHGCMk pic.twitter.com/hU29CCjzR7
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 22, 2016
"We had just walked past the wedding and offered our good wishes when we heard the blast" https://t.co/arSX79NJMv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 22, 2016
Russia raids from Iranian air base finished for now, Tehran says https://t.co/q3jyl6WRrf 🔓
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) August 22, 2016
New Clinton ad questioning Trump’s temperament, complete with sound effect of bomb dropping https://t.co/dhaD9714fg
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) August 22, 2016
oh, and…
North Korea threatens to turn Washington into 'a heap of ashes' https://t.co/utXuifWoYg
— The Independent (@Independent) August 22, 2016
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SPORTS
Thank you, Rio! 💚💛 See you in #Tokyo2020! 😘 pic.twitter.com/vMCsNBOcn0
— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) August 22, 2016
Japan's Shinzo Abe pops up as Super Mario at Olympics closing ceremony https://t.co/7oETTKAaKb
— TIME (@TIME) August 22, 2016
finally, best wishes for a speedy recovery to Denis Law
Very concerned to hear about Denis Law, who collapsed at Manchester Airport this morning. He's at Trafford Hospital pic.twitter.com/5PTeIPXDtP
— Neil Drysdale (@NeilDrysdale) August 22, 2016
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