Former minister quits Labour saying party has been ‘destroyed’ under Corbyn’s leadership
5 years, 7 months ago

Former minister quits Labour saying party has been ‘destroyed’ under Corbyn’s leadership

The Independent  

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former minister has quit Labour with a furious attack on Jeremy Corbyn, warning the party has been “destroyed” under his leadership. “In all the major issues of the day, you have called it wrong,” the former justice minister wrote, in her resignation letter to Labour’s general secretary. For a pregnant woman MP to be bullied out of the party is shameful and embarrassing.” On Brexit, Ms Prentice said of Mr Corbyn that “in his limited thinking, Europe is ‘a bad thing’, apparently completely ignorant of the benefits it has brought to working people”. “To use European workers as a cause of lower wages is as disgraceful as it is pandering to the baser views of racists.” Mr Corbyn’s claim that the local election results showed the public telling the major parties to deliver Brexit “would be laughable were it not so palpably wrong and pathetic”.

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The Tory party as we know it will be extinct in two years
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Labour leadership candidate profiles: What do they stand for?
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Ian Lavery: Labour leadership hopeful says party’s offer of a second Brexit referendum was to blame for landslide election defeat
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Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn must stand down now
5 years ago

Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn must stand down now

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Labour leadership race: If the party wants to succeed, it has to do abandon Corbyn’s manifesto
5 years ago

Labour leadership race: If the party wants to succeed, it has to do abandon Corbyn’s manifesto

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Jeremy Corbyn was once a radical outsider. Now he’s the polarizing party leader on the cusp of power
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Jeremy Corbyn was once a radical outsider. Now he’s the polarizing party leader on the cusp of power

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5 years, 6 months ago

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Jeremy Corbyn must personally expel antisemites from Labour Party, deputy leader Tom Watson says
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Jeremy Corbyn must personally expel antisemites from Labour Party, deputy leader Tom Watson says

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I can no longer support Corbyn becoming prime minister, which is why after 22 years I’m leaving Labour – I hope you'll join me
5 years, 10 months ago

I can no longer support Corbyn becoming prime minister, which is why after 22 years I’m leaving Labour – I hope you'll join me

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Joan Ryan: Labour MP quits party to join Independent Group in protest at Corbyn’s Brexit stance
5 years, 10 months ago

Joan Ryan: Labour MP quits party to join Independent Group in protest at Corbyn’s Brexit stance

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Labour Party: Eighth MP resigns as Corbyn and allies remain defiant
5 years, 10 months ago

Labour Party: Eighth MP resigns as Corbyn and allies remain defiant

CNN  

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Labour split: Jeremy Corbyn faces major crisis as deputy leader warns more MPs are ready to quit party
5 years, 10 months ago

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Labour MPs quit party in disgust at antisemitism, Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and Brexit stance
5 years, 10 months ago

Labour MPs quit party in disgust at antisemitism, Jeremy Corbyn's leadership and Brexit stance

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7 Lawmakers Quit U.K. Labour Party Over Alleged Anti-Semitism And Brexit Approach
5 years, 10 months ago

7 Lawmakers Quit U.K. Labour Party Over Alleged Anti-Semitism And Brexit Approach

NPR  

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Labour MPs quit over Brexit and anti-Semitism
5 years, 10 months ago

Labour MPs quit over Brexit and anti-Semitism

CNN  

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