Here we go again. Although Labour conference has become increasingly Corbynite in recent years, the Progress rally can always be relied upon as a safe space for Labour moderates. And so it was that Corbyn-sceptic Labour MPs gathered at the annual event on Sunday night to air their grievances.
Wes Streeting – the Labour MP for Ilford North – have a crowd-pleasing speech which took aim at Corbyn ally Chris Williamson, as well as Dawn Butler over her recent Militant comments:
‘Good evening Progress – it’s great to be here. It’s like one of Chris Williamson’s democracy tours except about thirty years younger in terms of average age.
Here at Progress we don’t talk about how we get rid of Labour MPs, we come together to talk about how we elect more Labour MPs.
And if Chris were here, I would say maybe Chris if you’d spent more time travelling around Derby we’d have kept the Labour council this year.
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