Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Brexit, Venezuela, antisemitism, immigration, asylum

Forse siamo alla scissione. Almeno stando a quel che scrive il Times
 
 
BREXIT
Labour centrists planning to split from the party
 
Oliver Wright
February 4 2019, 12:01am, The Times
Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on Brexit, Venezuela and antisemitism has caused unhappiness among some Labour MPs
 
A group of Labour MPs are discussing plans to split from the party and set up a centrist political group in opposition to Jeremy Corbyn.
 
One Labour MP, who is among those discussing the move, told The Times that such a split was inevitable but not imminent.
 
“There is an incredible amount of unhappiness that has led to these conversations,” they said. “It is not just Corbyn’s position on Brexit, it’s Venezuela, antisemitism, immigration, asylum. Then there is the sense that anyone who is not a purist is going to get thrown out of the party before the next election anyway. I think we’re all looking to the next set of Commons Brexit votes at the moment. That is the main focus of our activity.”
 
The Observer claimed that at least six MPs have been drawing up plans to resign the whip and leave the party soon. It named an initial breakaway group including Angela Smith, Chris Leslie and Luciana Berger.
 
Ms Berger said that she was focused on Brexit but that as parliamentary chairwoman of the Jewish Labour Movement, she was increasingly angry at the apparent failure of the party to act on complaints of antisemitism inside the party. Labour MPs are meeting to discuss the issue today.
 
Mr Leslie dismissed the rumours as speculation but added: “A lot of people’s patience is being tested right now. I think there are some questions we are all going to have to face, especially if Labour enables Brexit.”
 
Another source told The Times that there was a split in centre-ground Labour MPs between those who wanted to remain inside the party to influence Labour’s position on Brexit and those who felt it was a futile task. “There are lots of conversations going on, but nothing at all concrete at the moment. You can imagine that there are a lot of differing views,” they said.
 
Sir Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat leader, said yesterday that he was aware of a “significant” number of Labour MPs openly exploring a break-away group. He said that six MPs was “very much at the lower end of the figures” that he was aware of.
Jon Trickett, a senior ally of Mr Corbyn, urged MPs to get around the table and pledged that “Jeremy’s in listening mode”. “If people have got things to say, they should come and see us,” he said. “But what I would say to my colleagues [is] just think about the state of the country beyond the immediate decisions about Brexit. Which side are you really on in this massive battle for the future of our country?”
 
Two shadow cabinet ministers have also urged Labour MPs not to accept “bribes” of cash for their constituencies from the government to support Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
 
Baroness Chakrabarti, the shadow attorney-general, told Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “I don’t believe in the end that any Labour MP would really be fooled by what some people have called a bribe. That’s not because Labour constituencies in vast parts of the country aren’t desperate for more investment. It’s because you can’t just pick constituencies off in that very narrow sort of way. When you think about how disenchanted so many people have been with politics and politicians in recent years, the idea that that would be reversed by this sort of pork barrel politics, I just don’t see it.”
 
Barry Gardiner, the shadow international trade secretary, told BBC One’s The Andrew Marr Show: “My vote is not for sale.”

 Labour centrists planning to split from the party
 
"centristi" pinochettisti come la Thatcher. LOL