Oh dear. After months and years of speculation, this morning seven Labour MPs announced that they are quitting the party over Jeremy Corbyn’s unsuitability to be prime minister. Chuka Umunna and Chris Leslie are among the MPs to say they are quitting the party and forming an independent group which is proud to be British and doesn’t blame the world’s problems on the West.
Unsurprisingly the news hasn’t gone down all that well with the Corbynistas. Corbyn allies have been quick to accuse the splitters of ushering years of Tory rule. So, how are the socialists coping with the loss of seven MPs? Mr S will let readers decide:
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer, we’ll keep the red flag flying here.
— Young Labour (@YoungLabourUK) February 18, 2019
Does the future of UK politics look like a Tony Blair tribute band faffing about WC1, with a handful of policies bought from a pricey American thinktank? Or does it look like a movement of half a million normal people, taking control of their social, political and economic lives.
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