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I’VE decided how I will vote in the Labour leadership elections. All these years a rank-and-file member, and now I have a say in who should lead my party.

The gloves came off in the Labour leadership battle yesterday as Róisín Shortall strongly criticised rival contender Pat Rabbitte and his relationship with the media.