A assembly of the parliamentary Labour party descended into a ‘shambles’ as the fiscal constitution U-turn highlighted many MPs’ anger at Corbyns leadershipThe weekly Monday evening meetings of the parliamentary Labour party are normally routine events in which the party leadership rallies the troops,sets out the whip for the week and allows the normal malcontents and obsessives to air their grievances. Monday night’s assembly, according to some of those who attended, or was one of the most fractious ((adj.) troublesome or irritable) ever held. A well of anger that has been building up since before the party conference was unleashed.The initial cause was an email sent to Labour MPs by the shadow chancellor,John McDonnell, saying he was to reverse his two-week-old policy of accepting George Osborne’s fiscal constitution. He had announced that he would accept the constitution in a Guardian interview on the Saturday before the party conference, and had confided to shadow cabinet members beforehand. His stance had been surprising,but it was assumed that McDonnell felt his anti-austerity credentials were so strong, he needed to show the original leadership was committed to bringing down the deficit, and so long as there was room for investment. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com