Jeremy Corbyn sacking Labour MPs who voted against Conservatives to protect Britain’s place in Single Market
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour has been showings its true colours on Brexit: less than 1 in 5 Labour MPs voted against the Conservatives to protect Britain’s position in the Single Market when it came to a proposed amendment to the Queen’s Speech.
All 12 of the Liberal Democrat MPs, however, voted against the Conservatives and in favour of the Single Market:
This continues Labour’s inglorious record of lining up with the same European policies as Theresa May.
What’s more, Jeremy Corbyn is sacking Labour MPs who voted against the Conservatives:
Hearing that Labour frontbenchers who voted for the Umunna amendment are being SACKED by Jeremy Corbyn. Andy Slaughter among them.
— Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) June 29, 2017
Four Labour frontbenchers sacked/quit for backing @ChukaUmunna Brexit amendment: Zeichner, West, Cadbury, Slaughter.
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) June 29, 2017
Corbyn fires up to six Shadow Ministers for supporting the pro Single Market/Customs Union amendment. Labour solidly a Brexit Party now.
— Labour Leave (@labourleave) June 29, 2017
Of course, one of the problems the Liberal Democrats had in the general election was in persuading voters that Jeremy Corbyn was not the anti-Brexit, pro-Single Market choice. This vote is a powerful reminder of how he isn’t a pro-European. But only if people know about it…