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"The factions... have been almost medieval in their commitment to personalities... self-destructive and self-indulgent." Former Labour leader, Lord Kinnock, tells #Newsnight political editor, Nick Watt, that he expects "a very rapid reduction" in factionalism with Andy Burnham.

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