Here we go again. This morning another Labour MP has announced they are quitting Jeremy Corbyn’s party over its handling of anti-Semitism allegations. Ian Austin – the MP for Dudley North – has told his local paper that he has grown tired of the ‘culture of extremism, anti-Semitism and intolerance’ in today’s Labour party:
‘I think Jeremy Corbyn has completely changed what was a mainstream party into a completely different party with very different values.
I always tell them the truth and I could never ask local people to make Jeremy Corbyn prime minister.’
Austin’s resignation comes after eight Labour MPs and three Conservatives this week quit their respective parties to join the newly formed Independent Group. However, Austin says that as of now he has no plans to follow suit and join the group; ‘I think the Labour party is broken and clearly things have to change but that’s not what today is about, and I’ve not talked to them about that’.
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