At last, Labour's leadership contest is getting interesting. Or so we are told. After a long summer of repetitive campaigning and at times desultory debate, the Miliband brothers are finally taking each other on, Lord Mandelson has joined the fray, and the autobiographer formerly known as Tony is breaking his omerta. And many political journalists - me included - are returning from their holidays and turning their attention to a contest they have thus far ignored. So herewith eight truisms about Labour's leadership contest: 1. For all the talk of front runners, there isn't one. So far, no single individual has emerged from this leadership contest as the stand-out, no brainer, automatic...
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