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		</div><p>Alastair Campbell has claimed “senior” figures in Jeremy Corbyn’s office recommended voting against Labour, after he was expelled from the party for backing the Liberal Democrats in the European elections.</p>
<p>Tony Blair’s former spin doctor, a leading campaigner for a second EU referendum, said the Labour Party faces “oblivion” unless it clarifies its policy on Brexit.</p>
<p>Speaking outside his north London home on Tuesday, Mr Campbell also told reporters he will appeal against Labour’s decision to expel him.</p>
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<p>“I think that there are people in Jeremy Corbyn’s office, senior positions in Jeremy Corbyn’s office, who have recommended voting against the Labour Party,” he said.</p>
<p>“You can interpret the rules in all sorts of different ways, but one thing I know is I’m not going to leave the party just because some random email comes in telling me that I’ve been expelled.</p>
<p>“So I will definitely appeal against it and we will see where that goes.”</p>
<p>He described his rapid expulsion as “strange” and added: “I think people will inevitably draw the contrast with the lack of rapidity in dealing with cases involving anti-Semitism.”</p>
<figure id="attachment_132830" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-132830" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7939DEF2-C60E-4057-AABC-40FC5924F81D.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-132830" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/7939DEF2-C60E-4057-AABC-40FC5924F81D.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="400" data-wp-pid="132830" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-132830" class="wp-caption-text">Alastair Campbell speaks to the media outside his home in north London</figcaption></figure>
<p>Labour has said “support for another political party or candidate is incompatible with party membership”.</p>
<p>Labour and the Conservatives received a drubbing in the European elections as Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party romped to victory and the Liberal Democrats took the second largest share of the vote.</p>
<p>Mr Campbell said Mr Blair, who was Labour prime minister between 1997 and 2007, refused to withdraw the Labour whip from Mr Corbyn when he rebelled.</p>
<p>“Tony was of the view, no, you’ve got to have dissenting voices around,” he said.</p>
<p>“Jeremy Corbyn himself, for reasons best known to himself, has in the past congratulated George Galloway on defeating a Labour candidate.”</p>
<p>He said he is “still in the Labour Party” and will “always be Labour”.</p>
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<p>Mr Campbell, a key player in the New Labour era, outlined his disappointment at his expulsion in a series of tweets.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">1. Sad and disappointed to receive email expelling me from <a href="https://twitter.com/UKLabour?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uklabour</a> &#8211; particularly on a day leadership finally seems to be moving to the right place on Brexit, not least thanks to tactical voting by party members, including MPs, councillors and peers who back <a href="https://twitter.com/peoplesvote_uk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@peoplesvote_uk</a> .</p>
<p>&mdash; ALASTAIR CAMPBELL (@campbellclaret) <a href="https://twitter.com/campbellclaret/status/1133332260428627973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He added: “I know there are an awful lot of MPs and councillors and peers who did not vote for Labour in the European elections and they did it for the same reasons I did it, to try and get the Labour Party to see sense on the single most important issue facing the country.”</p>
<p>Mr Campbell declined to say who he would vote for in a snap general election, adding: “I want to vote Labour at the general election but that will depend on the policy that the Labour Party puts forward between now and then in relation to Brexit.”</p>
<p>Labour rules say members who support a party other than Labour are automatically ineligible for membership.</p>
<p>Mr Campbell’s expulsion was described as an “absurd act of political self-harm” by former Labour MP Andrew Mackinlay, who announced he had joined the Liberal Democrats on Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>“I have let my Labour Party membership lapse,” he said, adding: “The Liberal Democrats’ call for a People’s Vote is, unlike the Labour Party, consistent and unambiguous.”</p>
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