Labour could not have had a worse start to its party conference in Brighton.
With a General Election round the corner, a few extremists attempted to sack Tom Watson by abolishing the post of deputy leader, which he holds.
That sends the signal to the voters that Labour is not just a disunited party, but a vicious one too.
Fortunately, Jeremy Corbyn was on hand to defuse the mess Labour’s national executive got itself into.
And in an exclusive Sunday Mirror interview today, the Labour leader says he wants two deputies in future – one a woman.
That papers over a few cracks, but it does not shore up the broad church Labour must be if it is to appeal to enough voters to win a General Election.
We believe a Labour government is in the best interests of Sunday Mirror readers.
And Labour should be wiping the floor with the Tories now that they’re fighting a full-blown civil war.
Yet polls only put Mr Corbyn’s party a point ahead of the Liberal Democrats.
So Mr Corbyn should have three priorities this week in Brighton.
Unity, unity, unity.
