Eagle plots her Labour coup in a luvvie eyrie

CoMrade Corbyn won the Labour leadership because he reached out to an eclectic coalition of Lefties, Marxists, environmentalists and the idealistic young.

The self-styled champion of the downtrodden now faces a potential challenge from angela eagle, who resigned as Shadow Business Secretary last week as part of the plot to oust him.

and where did eagle, a Merseyside MP, plan her tactics to replace the bearded Trotskyite? In the exclusive £1,000-a-year Ivy Club in central London, that’s where.

Much loved by celebrities such as Stephen Fry and Queen guitarist Brian May, the achingly cool private members’ club is the last place you would find Corbyn, who prefers to relax on his North London allotment.

But eagle was there on Friday lunchtime with two advisers discussing whether to mount a challenge today or tomorrow.

She was overheard saying, ‘I shouldn’t have cried,’ in a reference to breaking down in an interview on radio 4 about Corbyn. (When asked if her resignation was an emotional decision, Ms eagle could be heard stifling her tears.)

one of the advisers replied: ‘It made you look human, but you can’t do it again.’

Warning her colleagues that the party could split, eagle declared her admiration for German Chancellor angela Merkel.

eagle may be an angela, but she’s no Merkel.

Hard- Left members of the Corbyn- supporting Momentum movement in eagle’s Wallasey constituency have threatened to have her deselected as an MP if she challenges the Labour leader.

No doubt they’ll be thrilled to hear she’s plotting Comrade Corbyn’s downfall from one of the most exclusive celebrity haunts in London.