Fifth of Labour MPS ‘on deselection list drawn up by Corbyn supporters’
One in five Labour MPS has appeared on a deselection “hit list” drawn up by left wing supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, it has been reported.
A Momentum activists group in South Tyneside compiled a list of 49 sitting MPS who, it suggested, could “join the Liberals”.
They were said to include Chuka Umunna – who led a revolt on leaving the EU single market in the Queen’s Speech debate – Chris Leslie and Jess Philips.
The disclosure came as it emerged that another MP crit- ical of Mr Corbyn was told that she should “get on board quite quickly now” after supporters of the Labour leader took control of her local constituency party.
Luciana Berger was told by one newly-elected member of the executive of the Liverpool Wavertree Constituency Labour Party that she should apologise to Mr Corbyn for having supported a no confidence motion against him.
Other members of the executive later dissociated themselves from the remarks by Roy Bentham.
Momentum has dismissed the reports as “laughable” saying that the list did not reflect the group’s national policy. “The list was published by a local Momentum Facebook page with 136 likes, and in no way represents Momentum’s national policy,” a spokesman said.