Even before the first European election results were made public last Sunday there was talk at the top of the Labour party of a coup against Jeremy Corbyn. The evidence was clear, they said, that Labour’s Remain backers had deserted the party in huge numbers, moving to the Lib Dems and Greens, outnumbering the Leavers who had gone to Nigel Farage’s Brexit party. Betty Boothroyd, the former Commons Speaker and ex-Labour MP, said: “The Labour party seems incapable of making positive leadership decisions of late. Incredibly, it is behind Nigel Farage’s Brexit party, which is now the most popular force in the country on 26%. A hat-trick of election failures, however, would see Corbyn and his inner circle looking more isolated than ever.

Source: The Guardian June 02, 2019 07:52 UTC