Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson stands down as MP
Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson has announced he will be stepping down as an MP.
Mr Watson, who had represented West Bromwich East since 2001, said in a letter to party leader Jeremy Corbyn that “serving the Labour Party has been the privilege of a lifetime.”
Mr Watson, 52, joined Labour in 1982 and was elected as the party’s deputy leader in 2015.
Mr Watson, who is regarded as a party moderate, has had a number of public spats with Labour’s left-wing.
Via Sky News
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