I can’t shake the feeling that if @tom_watson had been leader of the Labour Party the outcome of this could’ve all been so different. Jeremy Corbyn has now lost two elections to opposition candidates who could’ve and should’ve been beaten.
Text from the Mark Spencer, Chief Whip:
"Do you want the whip back old boy?"
What? Back to the asylum taken over by the lunatics? Wouldn't have thought so.
Wow. How Stalinist is the Labour Party leadership & its phalanx of ultras. The overwhelming body of the party deserves far better (= electable) leadership. The crude efforts at control from the Politburo! - abolishing Watson's post, deselecting moderates & even Harriet Harman -
Complete madness from Momentum. This is nothing more than a self-serving power grab from the party leadership, attempting to silence all differences of opinion. It’s dogmatic, divisive and destructive.
Here's the thing about the Labour-Watson debacle: I'm struggling to think of anything Labour could have done at this exact moment to help the Lib Dems more.
When this is over and those who shafted us - Farage, Johnson, Cameron, Rees-Mogg, Davis, Gove, May & Co - are exposed for the criminal damage they have done to our country, remember one person did the right thing: John Bercow. He defended our Parliamentary democracy. #BackBercow
I’m no fan of the Tories, but credit where credit is due. The likes of David Gauke, Philip Hammond, Dominic Grieve and Rory Stewart are putting the best interests of the country before their party and their career.
Genuine integrity.
#NoDealBrexit
If a single person dies as a consequence of medicine shortages in the event of a reckless No-Deal Brexit Jacob Rees-Mogg, Boris Johnson & Matt Hancock should be held accountable, charged with gross negligence manslaughter & thrown in jail https://t.co/tmV6FBR3DK
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Gove has pulled plans to publish “watered down” version of the government’s Operation Yellowhammer no-deal Brexit contingency plans, after ministers decreed that the findings would still alarm the public.
Scoop via @GeorgeWParker
https://t.co/urOKof3tbZ via @financialtimes