Labour’s leadership eats itself in row over ‘Trotsky entryists’

Is anyone in Labour getting along? Currently the party is trying to appeal against a High Court decision in favour of its own members, and its own grassroots campaign group Momentum is sending a petition to the party to tell it not to appeal that decision. Today the Deputy Leader and the Leader had a row, with Jeremy Corbyn of all people accusing Tom Watson of ‘peddling baseless conspiracy theories’. Baseless conspiracy theories are indeed one of the hobbies that Watson should, if he hasn’t already, list in Who’s Who, but Coffee House readers can judge for themselves whether his comments to the Guardian fall into that category. The party’s Deputy Leader said:

‘There are some old hands twisting young arms in this process, and I’m under no illusions about what’s going on. They are caucusing and factionalising and putting pressure where they can, and that’s how Trotsky entryists operate.

‘Sooner or later, that always ends up in disaster.