More than two million people who normally vote Labour voted instead for the Liberal Democrats or for the Greens in the European elections last week. It is clear that many thousands of Labour party members did exactly the same thing. Today Labour responded to the result by expelling Alastair Campbell, one of the many Labour voters who had said publicly that he could not support the party’s caution over Europe. Mr Campbell was clearly singled out, not because of what he did, but because of who he was – Tony Blair’s communications director. The speed with which Labour has moved against Mr Campbell is also revealing.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2019 17:48 UTC