Tom Watson says ‘deep state’ claim by Corbyn aide ‘a bit John le Carré’

A claim by one of Jeremy Corbyn’s advisers that the intelligence services are tacitly working to undermine Labour is “a bit John le Carré”, the party’s deputy leader, Tom Watson, has said, saying the adviser should provide evidence of the allegation.Andrew Murray, a union official and former chair of the Stop the War campaign who now advises Corbyn, has said he suspects he and Labour have been targeted by “the manoeuvrings of what is now called the ‘dee