LONDON (Reuters) – Seven Labour lawmakers quit on Feb. 18 over leader Jeremy Corbyn’s approach to Brexit and a row over anti-Semitism, saying Britain’s main opposition party had been “hijacked by the machine politics of the hard left”.
Reuters: Seven lawmakers quit UK Labour Party citing Brexit ‘betrayal’
Former Labour party MP Chris Leslie speaks during a press conference in London on Feb. 18, 2019, where he and colleagues announced their resignation from the Labour Party, and the formation of a new independent group of MPs.
