Finally, the Labour coup is about to begin. Or at least, Labour MPs are talking about the fact that the Labour coup is about to begin, after weeks of threatening it. After talks between the party’s Deputy Leader Tom Watson and Labour’s trade union backers broke up today, Angela Eagle has said she will launch her leadership challenge to Jeremy Corbyn on Monday. The talks broke down because Corbyn would not resign and the parliamentary Labour party would not accept his leadership after voting overwhelmingly in favour of a motion of no confidence two weeks ago, and so there was no possible compromise to reach.
Corbyn’s camp are confident that they have the support of Labour members. Labour MPs are upbeat that many of their formally Corbynite members have voted against him in local motions of no confidence, though others are also facing serious difficulties with their local parties as a result of that no confidence vote.
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