Political Suicide For The Gang Seven

So the long-time expected break from the Labour party has happen with seven making a stand and I reckon they have committed political suicide. They are not a party at the moment but some think-tank/movement but they are going to form them having been fears critics of Labour and Jeremy Corbyn. It has happened before look back to the ‘Gang of Four’ becoming the Social Democratic party and after some success. They come out of the gate as a party with a name the lot before eventually finding a home within the Liberals.

They are saying the reasons for breaking with the party is that they are 'embarrassed' by 'bullying, anti-Semitism and the move to the hard left' – and plan to form a new group to 'change politics'. Is that a party … Will we see New Labour because we have New Labour before? The politicians are calling themselves The Independent Group at this moment.

Now people no my feelings about Jeremy Corbyn and his cohorts I do not like the guy and will not support him so at the next general election plan to spoil my vote. I have never taken to left or right factions within the party I have always been a centrist with in the Labour party, which is difficult. Because I do not support Corbyn, I am immediately label Blairite.

There are calls for the seven to put themselves to the vote with By-Elections with calls already as the Streatham Constituency Labour Party confirmed they are writing to Chuka Umunna asking him to call a by-election.

How hurtful will this be to the Labour party? I feel depending on if more politicians join the group of seven and attract support willing to fund a new party it could split the Labour vote. If you remember, the gang of four they crippled the Labour party for a while and over the months after the launched near 30 MPs joined them. With a group like Momentum, threatening to deselect critics of Corbyn within the Parliamentary Labour Party there could be a few more recruits in the woodwork probably sitting back watching what happens with the seven.

Momentum and their army of cyber warriors pray on non-supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and target their constituency taking them over where they can and the biggest threat to the Labour Party as a whole since Militant tendency.

In the 1983 general election, I was so close to making my mark and vote Social Democratic I changed my mind and stayed loyal to Labour and Michael Foot.