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LABOUR MPs fired a warning shot across Tony Blair's bows by electing the left-winger Dennis Skinner to the party's ruling body. Mr Skinner, dubbed "The Beast of Bolsover," lost his seat on the National Executive Committee a year ago after the leadership changed the rules to prevent MPs representing constituency parties on the NEC.
In an election among MPs and MEPs this summer, two Blair loyalists lost their seats: Anne Begg, MP for Aberdeen South, and Pauline Green, who had led the Socialist group in...