The Shadow Chancellor and Home Secretary fear they now stand a slim chance of winning a snap general election without taking an anti-Brexit stance. A Labour frontbencher and long standing ally of Mr Corbyn's said: “It’s crystal clear for all to see what the Lib Dems are doing to our vote. We have to be for Remain now." The frontbencher told The Sun that Mr Corbyn is caught in the influence of a group of domineering senior advisers, dubbed “the Three Ms” because of their surnames. The trio are Communications boss Seumas Milne, chief of staff Karie Murphy and policy guru Andrew Murray. Reports suggest that they have talked Mr Corbyn out of pivoting his party to support a second referendum. The frontbencher added: “Just when we think we’ve got Jeremy over the line, the Three Ms talk him out of it again. READ MORE: BREXIT LIVE: Labour and Tory rebels in plot to bring down new PM “They are in his face all the time, he cannot escape.” The hard left Labour leader’s two longest-standing political confidantes, Ms Abbott and Mr McDonnell, have spent weeks trying to convince him to embrace Remain, it has emerged. They were also yesterday accused of keeping Mr Corbyn “captive”, as the civil war between them and the Shadow Cabinet deepens. Mr McDonnell also heaped public pressure on the Opposition boss yesterday to declare Labour’s compromise position to push for a soft Brexit “has not worked” and he now “would want to campaign for Remain”. Warning that the new Tory PM might call a general election in September, He added: “We need to get to a position sooner rather than later”. Labour’s most senior backbench MP, Parliamentary shop steward John Cryer also last night said Labour had “run out of options” on Brexit, adding: “I’d rather see us go for a second referendum rather than just heading out of the exit on the basis of no deal. “I think we’re moving onto a territory where we’re going to end up supporting a second referendum as a point of policy and principle.” But, Tory chairman Brandon Lewis said: “Labour should do as they promised, join us in being clear we will and we must leave the EU and deliver on what people voted for, as they promised they would”.
Brexit betrayal: McDonnell's desperate bid to get Corbyn to 'campaign for Remain' scrapped
The Shadow Chancellor and Home Secretary fear they now stand a slim chance of winning a snap general election without taking an anti-Brexit stance. A Labour frontbencher and long standing ally of Mr Corbyn's said: “It’s crystal clear for all to see what the Lib Dems are doing to our vote. We have to be for Remain now." The frontbencher told The Sun that Mr Corbyn is caught in the influence of a group of domineering senior advisers, dubbed “the Three Ms” because of their surnames. The trio are Communications boss Seumas Milne, chief of staff Karie Murphy and policy guru Andrew Murray. Reports suggest that they have talked Mr Corbyn out of pivoting his party to support a second referendum. The frontbencher added: “Just when we think we’ve got Jeremy over the line, the Three Ms talk him out of it again. READ MORE: BREXIT LIVE: Labour and Tory rebels in plot to bring down new PM “They are in his face all the time, he cannot escape.” The hard left Labour leader’s two longest-standing political confidantes, Ms Abbott and Mr McDonnell, have spent weeks trying to convince him to embrace Remain, it has emerged. They were also yesterday accused of keeping Mr Corbyn “captive”, as the civil war between them and the Shadow Cabinet deepens. Mr McDonnell also heaped public pressure on the Opposition boss yesterday to declare Labour’s compromise position to push for a soft Brexit “has not worked” and he now “would want to campaign for Remain”. Warning that the new Tory PM might call a general election in September, He added: “We need to get to a position sooner rather than later”. Labour’s most senior backbench MP, Parliamentary shop steward John Cryer also last night said Labour had “run out of options” on Brexit, adding: “I’d rather see us go for a second referendum rather than just heading out of the exit on the basis of no deal. “I think we’re moving onto a territory where we’re going to end up supporting a second referendum as a point of policy and principle.” But, Tory chairman Brandon Lewis said: “Labour should do as they promised, join us in being clear we will and we must leave the EU and deliver on what people voted for, as they promised they would”.
0 Comments