http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/in-this-24-hour-media-age-a-divided-party-will-always-damage-itself-a6692961.html The outcry over John McDonnell’s "U-turn" reflects a potential gulf between sections of the PLP and the Labour leader and the PLP and the party membership. The media obsession with splits and divisions within the Labour Party continues unabated. The gulf between sections of the PLP and the Labour leader and the PLP and the party membership, provides the media and television, with the opportunity to emphasise, exaggerate and exploit (usually in support of their Conservative patrons) a debate which has been taking place for decades. Since the 1908's there have always been the Tristram Hunts, Liz Kendalls, Ben Bradshaw's and others going back to the Shirley Williams, David Owen's and the Roy Jenkins, who share the same view. They believe that they alone have the monopoly of ide...