As well as all the other things that Labour MPs are anxious about at the moment, there is genuine anxiety in the party today that some MPs are considering splitting off to join a new, moderate group in politics. Certainly Labour MPs are pretty miserable about the state of their party – and about the way many of them are being treated by their own local parties. And many Labourites are starting to believe that a split is inevitable, with many arguing that it is wrong to be wary because of what happened to the SDP, as this would be a much larger chunk of MPs who would break off from the party than did in the 1980s.
This is agitating moderate senior Labour figures, who argue that their colleagues just cannot leave the Labour party and its brand for the hard left to gut like vultures on a carcass.
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