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One underappreciated effect of today's announcement by 7 MPs that they are leaving Labour: I think it has significantly raised the chances of a snap election being called in the next couple of weeks.
Theresa May's #Brexit renegotiation is going precisely nowhere. She has no plan, has made no progress, & in the absence of any revised offer she is resorting to asking her MPs to back her out of loyalty. A humiliating repeat defeat awaits. Unless an election can save her...
An election in the face of alleged intransigence by the EU, Labour & Parliament gives her an opening to go to the country on a platform of saving Brexit from suffocation by the Establishment. It offers a chance to unite the Tory Party behind a thin veneer of unity one last time.
Today is important because it allows the PM to fight a Labour Party that is not only seen as divided but is actually splintering. It may be an additional temptation too tasty to resist.
So, ironically, Corbyn's desire for an early election may be fulfilled by the 7 leaving today
So, ironically, Corbyn's desire for an early election may be fulfilled by the 7 leaving today
