Continuity Labour or Kinnock self indulgent party?

Family affair or political dynasty? Kinnocks senior and junior

Opinion: Sunday a report in the Daily Mail, sometimes dubbed the Daily Fail, claims that Labour MP Stephen Kinnock and 150 MPs are looking at breaking away from the Labour Party to form a new political party if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership race again.

You have to wonder why Labour is even going through this damaging attempt to oust Corbyn if it will split anyways.

If true it shows how self-indulgent some Labour MPs have become.

The sub-plotters reportedly intend to call this new party Continuity Labour.

Forming new political parties is expensive and not easy.

Making that party electable and gaining enough support to make a real political difference is difficult.

One conclusion has to be that those involved in this new sub-plot have financial backing and their own agenda.

Stephen Kinnock is the son of former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock: Kinnock senior never won a General Election but secured a family fortune "riding the EU gravy train" along with bis wife Glynis.

The Daily Mail story claims:

More than 150 Labour MPs are plotting to form a breakaway party codenamed 'Continuity Labour' if Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership battle – with Stephen Kinnock tipped to head it.

The Mail on Sunday understands a group of leading anti-Corbyn MPs are poised to make approaches to Labour's top 50 donors to fund the new party if the Labour leader fends off challenges from Angela Eagle and Owen Smith.

The plot emerged as this newspaper also established that Mr Kinnock, the son of former Labour leader Neil Kinnock, has held secret talks with former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown about 'safeguarding the interests of our country'.
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Lord Ashdown denies that the discussions included the formation of a new centre-ground party.

As usual an unnamed source is cited for the story.

Is it simply fabrication, mischief making from within or without the Labour Party, spot on or what?

If once again it is a leak from within the Labour Party it is yet another attempt to create instability and undermine Corbyn.

The Mail continues:

A senior source said: 'If Corbyn wins, the party is finished in its current form.

There are at least 150 MPs who would break away, and many are already discreetly sounding out donors about what they are calling 'Continuity Labour'. Stephen is central to the plans. The plotters have calculated that they could start a new party, debt-free, while leaving Corbyn's rump mired in financial problems.'

Last night, Labour's largest individual donor, John Mills, who has given more than £1.6 million to the party, said: 'I am aware of these sorts of discussions, but I am very reluctant to get involved in the plots and schemes. Splitting the party would be a disaster under the first-past-the-post electoral system because it would make it harder to win.'

Mr Kinnock, a leading moderate, met Mr Ashdown recently after the former Lib Dem leader called for a new 'progressive platform' to unite politicians from different parties who share the same centrist beliefs.

Mr Kinnock, referring to his discussions with Mr Ashdown, said: 'Electoral reform and safeguarding the interests of our country are common purposes among people in all parties, and I am happy to be part of that.'

He added: 'There can be no question of any split in the Labour Party. Its values and purpose are in my blood, and I am striving to ensure that we have a leader who is a persuader, not just a protester. My total focus is on doing all I can to help to save the Labour Party as a credible, appealing national force.'

Mr Ashdown said: 'Any suggestion that we discussed political alliances or the creation of new parties is categorically wrong.'

Stephen Kinnock's words add credence to the story.

After all his words mean he and others will not work for or with Corbyn if he is re-elected.

​The right-wing of the Labour Party is busy trying to ensure Corbyn does not win but what if they fail?

Watch this space!

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