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Labour leadership: Corbyn 'would make Labour Iraq apology' Labour leadership: Andy Burnham raises Tory infiltration fears
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Jeremy Corbyn has said he will formally apologise on behalf of the Labour Party for taking the country to war with Iraq if elected leader. Several thousand Conservatives may be planning to vote in the Labour leadership election, Andy Burnham's campaign has said.
Mr Corbyn told the Guardian the party would "never again flout the United Nations and international law". Michael Dugher, who is chairing Mr Burnham's campaign, called for an "urgent meeting" of candidate teams to address the issue.
It comes amid a row over eligibility to vote in the leadership contest, with a comedian barred from taking part saying the contest was being "rigged". There are also claims individuals supporting Jeremy Corbyn are being unfairly banned from taking part.
Polls suggest Mr Corbyn is leading Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall. Labour said it had "a robust system" to stop "malicious applications".
'Past time' Mr Corbyn, Mr Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall are all standing.
Mr Corbyn told the newspaper the UK should "never again unnecessarily put our troops under fire and our country's standing in the world at risk." Polls suggest Mr Corbyn is the frontrunner.
He added: "It is past time that Labour apologised to the British people for taking them into the Iraq War on the basis of deception, and to the Iraqi people for the suffering we have helped cause." 'So desperate'
The left-winger also hit out at the delay in publishing the Chilcot Inquiry, saying it was "wrong".
Ms Cooper has also highlighted Iraq as a mistake made by the last Labour government.
She told World at One on Thursday: "We need the Chilcot report out to know exactly what happened but we were wrong."
And Ed Miliband said the Iraq War was "wrong" in his first party conference speech as Labour leader in 2010.
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Meanwhile comedian Jeremy Hardy suggested Labour was "rigging the [leadership] election" to stop Mr Corbyn.
New regulations allow members of the public to sign up to vote as a "registered supporter" for £3.New regulations allow members of the public to sign up to vote as a "registered supporter" for £3.
But some have been told their vote will be discounted amid concerns non-Labour supports had registered to take part. Some have been told their vote will be discounted.
'Legal challenge' Mr Burnham's team has written to Labour's general secretary claiming "a Conservative MP, Conservative media commentators, and Conservative councillors" have all been rejected.
The letter added: "This suggests the 121,000 registered supporters could include several thousand Tory infiltrators, as well as supporters of other parties seeking to have a vote in the election."
Comedian Jeremy Hardy, meanwhile, suggested the party was seeking to "rig" the election by wrongly barring left-wing supporters of Mr Corbyn from taking part.
"The Labour Party might be trying to invite a legal challenge so that they can say 'let's just scrap the election'," Mr Hardy said. "They are so desperate that I wouldn't be surprised.""The Labour Party might be trying to invite a legal challenge so that they can say 'let's just scrap the election'," Mr Hardy said. "They are so desperate that I wouldn't be surprised."
Former Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay also accused the party of misusing canvass returns - collected at election time to gauge the level of support for candidates - to find people who have previously voted for other parties.Former Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay also accused the party of misusing canvass returns - collected at election time to gauge the level of support for candidates - to find people who have previously voted for other parties.
Labour deputy leader candidate Ben Bradshaw told Newsnight that Conservatives had tried to sign up in his constituency. He said the exclusion process had been "arbitrary" and "unfair".
Mr Bradshaw said: "Voting for another party is not a bar to voting in this leadership election. The rules are quite clear about that. What the party is trying to do is test the integrity of the system." "The Labour party has got to stop today doing this," he added.
He added: "I have people in my constituency, life-long Tories who have deliberately signed up as registered supporters to vote in this leadership election. That's not acceptable for any political party." Iraq apology
The new leader will be announced on 12 September. But a Labour spokesman said the party was confident "the processes of verification and handling applications are compliant with the Data Protection Act."
He added: "All applications to join the Labour Party as a member, affiliate or supporter are verified and those who are identified by our verification team as being candidates, members or supporters of another political party will be denied a vote."
Also on Friday, Mr Corbyn said he will formally apologise on behalf of the Labour Party for taking the country to war with Iraq if elected leader.
Mr Corbyn told the Guardian the party would "never again flout the United Nations and international law".
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