ColumnistDoes the bolt of eight members of Parliament from the British Labour Party out of frustration with its left-wing leader, Jeremy Corbyn, have anything to teach Democrats in the United States? There’s a case for saying no, because Corbyn is well to the left of anyone bidding to lead the Democratic Party. Competing with Sanders for support from the democratic left is Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). Most Labour Party moderates, and the vast majority of its members, want their leadership to push hard for a second referendum to reverse the country’s narrow 2016 decision to leave the European Union. Nothing makes the privileged few happier than a left that becomes too maximalist to win, and then tears itself apart.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2019 22:46 UTC