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Angela Eagle's offical Facebook page has been hijacked by Jeremy Corbyn supporters.

The Wirral MP officially launched her bid to become leader of the opposition party today, but was hit by Corbyn fans relentlessly commenting “voteCorbyn” when campaigning on social media.

Ms Eagle’s team posted a picture saying, “I’m with Angela” on her verified Facebook page this afternoon.

Today’s post - alongside dozens of other posts dating back to June - has seen thousands of “#votecorbyn” comments underneath.

There are over 23,000 comments on one picture - the majority supporting her Labour leadership rival.

On Monday night, the Wallasey MP then posted the same picture with a caption which said: “Most Jeremy Corbyn supporters are good, decent, normal people. They just, rightly, want progressive change.

“Sadly, Jeremy cannot deliver it. He’s an incredibly poor messenger surrounded by some divisive people.

“Let’s not walk into a 21st century dominated by the Tories. VoteAngela”.

This picture suffered the same fate as the first and had amassed over 3,500 comments in an hour - most of which said #votecorbyn.

It comes after Ms Eagle had a very awkward moment today when formally announcing her leadership candidacy in London.

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Unfortunately as she spoke, Conservative leadership hopeful Andrea Leadsom announced she was quitting the contest – sending renowned political journalists scurrying to the exit.

A video clip from the event shows the Wallasey MP ready to take questions, and asking “ BBC anyone? No? Ok. Robert Peston, where are you?”

In her leadership announcement, Ms Eagle said she had no choice but to stand against Mr Corbyn because Britain was in danger of becoming a “one-party Tory state” under his leadership

Ms Eagle’s leadership bid comes after 172 Labour MPs indicated that they had no confidence in Mr Corbyn in a vote in which he garnered the support of just 40 Westminster colleagues.

Her announcement looks set to trigger civil war within the party, with Mr Corbyn likely to fight to ensure that his name is on the ballot paper for a vote of the party’s members, among whom he has strong support.