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Brown holds his fire for sake of the party

Gordon Brown has told friends he will not hit back over Tony Blair’s withering attack – until after the Labour leadership contest is over.

The former prime minister is privately furious with Mr Blair’s comments in his memoirs, A Journey, released yesterday.

However, he does not want to deflect more attention away from the battle to succeed him as party leader.