Suspended Labour lefties threaten to form new 'disruptor' party | Patrick Maguire
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Published 2024-07-26
Inspired by Jeremy Corbyn's success running as an independent, the Labour MPs suspended over the two-child benefit cap debacle may consider forming a new party, says senior political correspondent Patrick Maguire.
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All Comments (21)
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I love the way the right conveniently forget that 18 Tory MPs were kicked out of the party in the last government. At one point Tory independents outnumbered Libdems
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Not quite sure less than 2% of Labour MPs could threaten a rice pudding.
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It will take more than half a dozen new parties to fix English politics. The entire political system in England is centuries past its sell by date. We need a complete overhaul of our politics, left, right and centre, to develop a parliamentary system fit for the 21st century and beyond, not the 16th century "traditions" that currently make our national parliament nothing more than an anachronistic zoo.
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That didn't take long ššš. I thought that the very large majority would bring in some headbangers.
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None of these mps are far left or extreme. They voted to help kids out of poverty
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Yet another reason why we need electoral reform in the shape of PR. If they want to continue as "independents" or form another party by law they should be made to face a by-election, most people vote for a party label.
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There is already a party of the left the Green party is left of the current Labour party.
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The far left and far right will always amount to fringe protest groups.
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The unions arenāt going to split with Labour. Their political influence comes from being embedded into the foundations of the Labour Party, and the fact that Labour are sometimes in government.
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So happy to take the funding, support of party volunteers and campaign for the manifesto at the recent GE, only to renege when they resume their seats in the HoC? š¤
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The first thing they have to do is to resign their seats and seek re-election. They were voted in just 3 weeks ago on the Labour manifesto, so if they choose to remain outside the Labour party they need to seek the agreement of their constituents.
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They should form a new political party.
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They can call themselves The Peopleās Front of Gaza, or the Gazan Peopleās Front?
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Off they go then. The ERG of the Left. I hope they donāt let the door hit on their behinds. Them and those with the begging bowls out. Starmer has their number. Itās a shock to the client media that a party leader can actually do politics. They havenāt worked out how to handle him.
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If these rebel MPs don't want to support the Labour party policies on which they were elected, then they should leave. They should also then stand for re-election as independents and see if their constituents support them or the Labour party.
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That's right Times Radio, report on just over half a dozen disgruntled Labour MP's and build it into the downfall of the new government, pathetic considering the Tories are genuinely tearing themselves apart.
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They knew the conditions set down by Starmer. If they can't wait until autumn so that numbers can be crunched and universal credit be assessed it shows they're petulant trouble makers jumping the gun. They're pathetic. Go form your own party.
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This is why Labour have held power for about 10 minutes in the last 110 years and the Tories the rest. Some Labour MPs would rather be in opposition and keep their precious principles. They play politics with people's lives, instead of sticking together to ensure the country is not subjected to callous cruelty. That's something you won't find the Tories doing.
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This is why it was important that Starmer won a majority as large as he did - so he could face down the far left leftovers in his party with impunity. These folks can threaten all they like - they will get nowhere except in their own little echo chambers which are irrelevant from a governmental point of view.
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They made a bad choice. If they could have pulled a significant percentage in their direction, the revolt would have been meaningful. As it stands, they just made a bad example of themselves.
