Sky News David Lammy said Jeremy Corbyn could force Labour MPs to split from the partyJeremy Corbyn’s unwillingness to back a second referendum could lead to a near-fatal split in the Labour Party, David Lammy has warned. Calling for a so-called people’s vote to break the Brexit deadlock in Parliament, the influential Labour backbencher accused Corbyn of “hedging” over a second referendum, saying he was “moving the goalpost”. “Now is the time for leadership,” Lammy told Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme. “There are a small group in our party who are so frustrated, who have so much grievance, the fear is they are going to go off and form another party. “There’s no point continuing with votes of no confidence,” the Tottenham MP told Ridge.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2019 12:32 UTC