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Ms Thornberry insisted she was best placed to oust the PM within five years.

The pair were the only candidates in the yes-no question of whether Momentum should endorse them.

Some last minute nominations make a full list for the next rounds.

Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis will find out whether they have sufficient support to make it through to the next stage of the contest.

The shadow treasury minister and Labour leadership candidate Clive Lewis says the campaign to leave the EU was used as a mechanism to divide communities, though he added that doesn’t mean people who voted Brexit are racist.

The left wing campaign group also said Angela Rayner should become the party’s deputy.

The shadow Treasury minister said it was the party’s job to explain to voters its quest for better conditions was not a ‘mad socialist perspective’.

Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, Lisa Nandy and Jess Phillips all secured the 22 MP and MEP nominations required to continue.

Just 24 hours ago, the Wigan MP was a middle of the road 10/1 shot to become the next Labour leader - but those odds have been slashed into 5/1.