Jeremy Corbyn’s enemies within the Labour party are known to be dreaming about a time after his leadership. But why aren’t his opponents doing anything about getting rid of him? According to former Labour party advisor John McTernan, they should do it sooner rather than later. Speaking on the Spectator podcast this week, McTernan said:
‘If you’re going to assassinate someone, you chop off their head, you then chop them into pieces and bury them around the town. You don’t argue to yourself about the who right candidate is and when the right time is. He is the cause of his own assassination. No other cause is required. If you want rid of him, get rid of him.’
He also urged Labour MPs not to wait for someone else to do it, saying:
‘Everybody would like someone else to do it, when really it ought to be Murder on the Orient Express – they all need to do it.’
During his discussion with Isabel Hardman on the podcast, John McTernan went on to say that Corbyn was likely to claim credit for a Sadiq Khan win in London, even if their politics were at odds.
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