Leading hard-Left figures have said they hope rejoin Labour and form a new political alliance if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as leader.

It comes just days after Labour’s civil war erupted as Mr Corbyn found himself embroiled in a public row with his deputy over claims the party risks being taken over by the far Left.

Mr Watson used an interview with the Guardian to claim new activists signing up to vote the leadership were “Trotsky entryists”.