A political party has members at its base and , depending on how successful it is, it has elected representatives in local, regional and national government. Labour is a Movement and has a formal link and relationship to most, though no longer all, trade unions. Normally there is lively debate between members and the party leadership in all political parties. These are democratic institutions in a land of free speech, so people can say what they think, more especially in politics. But broadly, although every political party is something of a coalition, everyone pulls in the same direction. If they don’t they go nowhere.
But in Labour now there is a rift so glaring and a naval gazing fest so addictive, that the party is becoming arguably unleadable and certainly unelectable. There is a schism between the majority of the party in parliament and the majority of its members in the country. This Blog will not now explore the whys and wherefores, as many previous posts have done that.
But it is important to warn that unless this stops, there will be massacre at the polls for Labour, whenever an election takes place. Nobody wants everlasting Tory government in England, even Tories. The parliamentary Labour party must set aside its hate of Corbyn and get on with the demanding job of Opposition. Never mind their own problems because their country has many more. And they come first.