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LABOUR’S rebels are switching tactics. After a period of sitting back and allowing Jeremy Corbyn to fail on his own terms, they are preparing to ramp up the pressure on his inner circle – and in particular his communications director Seumas Milne.

‘Milne’s been hiding in the shadows for too long,’ a Labour MP informs me. ‘It’s time to flush him out.’

This process began last week at an acrimonious meeting of the Labour Parliamentary Party, where MPs and peers directly confronted Milne over his role in a series of briefings against Labour deputy leader Tom Watson.

In stormy scenes, former whip Lord Watts accused Milne of being ‘a disgrace’, which led to Milne threatening to put in a formal complaint.

Milne then claimed Shadow Defence Minister Wayne David had ‘attacked’ him after being struck on the arm with an order paper.

‘He’d better get used to it,’ another MP warns. ‘We’re going to start turning up the heat.’

Oh, brother!