There are bitter divisions between the Remainers and the Leavers, between those who have not yet given up the fight and those who accept that heading for the exit is the only option. Not Brexit this time (although it’s connected) but the Labour Party, where MPs unhappy with Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership can’t even decide whether to stay or go. The splitters are split. There was fresh news over the weekend in The Observer that six Labour MPs were discussing quitting the party to set up a new centrist group in parliament. Of these three were named: Angela Smith, who last week struggled to get her leader to even take her question in the Commons; Chris Leslie, who has likened Labour’s failure to back a second…

Source: The Times February 04, 2019 09:00 UTC