Blairites launch bid to topple Jeremy Corbyn
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| Margaret Hodge, Ann Coffey and Jeremy Corbyn |
During
the course of the past few days, since the result of the EU
membership referendum was announced in fact, the conspirators within
the Parliamentary Labour Party (the PLP) seem to have been emboldened
in their crusade to remove Jeremy Corbyn from the leadership. A
crusade which has been smoldering within the PLP and supported by the
media, has now been given impetus by the PLP disappointment with the
referendum result and has encouraged the conspirators to break cover
and table a "no confidence" motion in the leadership of
Jeremy Corbyn.
Over
the past 36 hours, Margaret
Hodge and Ann Coffey have tabled a
"no confidence" motion, to be closely followed by John Mann
(who will grasp any opportunity to advance his own agenda), adding
his "weight" to the "Plot".
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| Caroline Flint |
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| Tristram Hunt |
Other subversives
emerging from the shadows of anonymity include Caroline Flint, (one
of the original "Blair's Babes), Tristram Hunt with his "Labour
needs to do something about Jeremy Corbyn" article in the
Guardian, Frank Field in the "Independent", Stephen Kinnock
and Ben Bradshaw, in any media outlet prepared to quote them, and of
course, Hillary Benn in his duplicitous and widely publicised bid to
persuade Shadow Cabinet members to support him to topple Corbyn. No
doubt given encouragement by an article by Polly Toynbee in the
Guardian, these dissidents have finally thrown off the mask and
publicly launched their bid for the leadership.
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| Stephen Kinnock |
Their
first casualty has been Hillary Benn, the Shadow Home Secretary, who
was sacked in the early hours of this morning, (Sunday 26th June).
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| Hillary Benn. |
The "no confidence" motion will be debated by the whole
PLP on Monday (27th June) and it expected that a secret ballot will
take place the next day. Between now and next Tuesday, Constituency
Labour parties around the country, contributors to social media and
other mass communication outlets, will have the opportunity to remind
the PLP, particularly those members who have instigated this coup
attempt, that Jeremy Corbyn was elected on the 12th September 2015,
only some 9 months past, and moreover was elected with 59.5% of the
votes cast on the first ballot from a vastly increased Labour party
membership. The PLP should also be advised that it is clearly evident
that level of support amongst Labour party members remains strong and
if anything may have been increased with more new members over the
past 9 months.
It
is the "Blairite" elements of the PLP who have engineered
yet another diversion to cause division and conflict within the
party. We Labour party members, should not be forced into fighting a
"two front war" against elements of our own PLP, who are
intent upon pursuing their own political ambitions, when we should
be fighting to
save the NHS, protect workers rights, repair the damage done to the
fabric of our society and ensure that never again will the people of
our country be exploited at the hands of the profiteers, speculators,
big business interests and corrupt politicians.
Should
the seditious elements within the party not be prepared to follow the
example of the "Gang of Four", and form their own political
party, then the should be sacked from whatever post they may hold, as
in the case of Hillary Benn, or even expelled from our party.
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