Why do disillusioned MP's not just defect to another party?

The coup organisers should move to another party.

The Parliamentary Labour Party have chosen now, of all times, to declare war on the party membership to gain control of the party.
At a time when the Conservative government is fragmenting, but is still able to inflict hardship and division on the people of this country. At a time when the conservative party itself is in the turmoil of a leadership election, the self serving opportunistic PLP seek to overthrow Jeremy Corbyn and force his resignation rather than challenge his position by adhering to the democratic party rules to bring about a leadership election. They would rather fight their own party members than unite and face the real enemy opposite them in the House of Commons.
Many people cannot understand why, if these MP's are so disillusioned with the structure and course of today's Labour party, that they feel so frustrated at the party's emphasis on policies rather than personalities that they do not just leave the present party and join another more in line with their own personal beliefs. The reason that many in the PLP remain, is that they enjoy the benefits of our party organisation, enthusiastic members to canvas and organise elections, financial support from unions and affiliates and everything else that the "Labour party Candidate" description brings with it. They could not afford to run their own party and would be unable to accept the fall in their personal stature and position if they joined another and so remain in ours to conspire with each other and plot the removal of anyone they don't like. Why should we hand them our party on a plate by resigning? Let them join another or create their own. It has been the same with some elements of the PLP for many years. Patronising and arrogant, they seek to preach that they alone know what is best for party and country, that they alone have all the answers, only they are capable of controlling the party and that all party members must accept their instructions without question or resistance. In all my years in the Labour party, this is the only time that I can recall, where the rank and file membership have actually taken a stand against the self serving elitists who have dominated and controlled the PLP for far too long.
I, and I am sure thousands of others, will continue to support Jeremy Corbyn in this struggle for the very heart of our party.

Northern Ireland and Brexit. The return of "The Troubles"

Northern Ireland: police attacked in another night of disturbances | Northern Ireland | The Guardian When the "Brexit" debate was still filling our newspapers and our television screens, readers may remember why I had changed my mind since voting to leave at the referendum vote. Apart from the economic arguments, which had become crystal clear after peeling away all the lies and misrepresentations trotted out by Bozo Boris and his "Get Brexit Done" conspirators, there was always the problem of the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Would it be possible to have a border between the European Union and the United Kingdom where people, goods and services could pass freely between the two nations without customs restrictions, tariffs, duties and all the other formalities? Would it be possible to have one part of the United Kingdom treated differently from other parts of the United Kingdom, particularly when Scotland for example had voted overwhe

The Parliamentary Labour Party conspirators are hatching another coup.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/corbyn-labour-leadership-rebel-mps-a7202641.html Labour MPs plan for Corbyn victory and plot how to confront an emboldened leader Even for the "Independent", the number and use of unnamed anonymous "sources" in this article is quite astonishing. However, amongst all the usual speculative delusion, there is one factor which causes concern to anyone who believes in the Labour Party, its principles and in he democratic process of the Labour movement. It is abundantly clear that elements within the Parliamentary Labour Party, are even now, planning another coup in the event that Jeremy Corbyn should emerge as winner in the current ballot. The failed coup of earlier this year, has now descended into a sham leadership election, because the conspirators still fail to accept the democratic decision of the Labour party membership and cling to

Plemont development or return to nature?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey- A date has been set for a public inquiry into plans for Plemont Headland. This exceptional location must be sold to the National trust for Jersey, and returned to nature. Any other outcome involving development of the site, can only demonstrate the extent to which greed and self interest have become endemic in Jersey.

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