Brexit divides Labour

The Debates feature from Euro|Topics offers English (+ French and German) translations of a selections of articles in European news sources on this topic.

Euro|Topics relaunched their website during 2016. Features published before that date are still available via an archive website (see related url hyperlinks0United Kingdom Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn ordered Labour MPs in January 2017 to support the Theresa May government's Brexit bill in parliament. Several MPs, however, planned to ignore the order and vote against it. By the 31 January 2017 two members of Corbyn's shadow cabinet had resigned.

The press was also at odds over whether Labour, as a left-wing party, should give the green light for Brexit or not.

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ESO: Background information: Article 50 Bill process begins http://www.europeansources.info/record/article-50-bill-process-begins-brexit-bill-clears-first-hurdle-in-uk-parliament/

The Guardian, 26.01.17: Labour MP Tulip Siddiq resigns from frontbench over article 50 vote https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/26/labour-mp-tulip-siddiq-resigns-from-frontbench-over-article-50-vote

The Guardian, 28.01.17: Labour MPs put forward Commons motion to throw out article 50 bill https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/28/labour-mps-commons-motion-article-50-bill-heidi-alexander

The Guardian, 29.01.17: Jeremy Corbyn suggests he would sack shadow ministers over article 50 bill https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/29/jeremy-corbyn-suggests-he-will-sack-shadow-ministers-who-vote-against-article-50-bill

Blog: LSE EuroppBlog, 28.01.17: In defence of representative democracy: How I will be voting on the Article 50 bill, by Graham Allen MP http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2017/01/28/article-50-vote-graham-allen-mp/

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

The Guardian, 25.01.17: [Opinion]: Labour’s Brexit chaos is now so exposed it threatens to tear the party apart https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/25/labour-brexit-chaos-tear-party-apart-splits-europe

The Guardian, 31.01.17: [Opinion]: Labour MPs owe a duty to the country – not Corbyn’s absurd three-line whip https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/31/labour-mps-duty-corbyn-whip-brexit

The Conversation, 02.02.17: Article 50 debate: Labour has given the Tories free rein over Brexit https://theconversation.com/article-50-debate-labour-has-given-the-tories-free-rein-over-brexit-72379

In Facts, 09.02.17: Let’s hope fake news over Corbyn’s exit is eventually true https://infacts.org/lets-hope-fake-news-corbyns-exit-eventually-true/

Blog: UK in a Changing Europe, 23.02.17: Labour’s tragic Brexit dilemma http://ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-tragic-brexit-dilemma/

IPPR: Juncture, Spring 2017: Labour’s Richmond problem: Why isn’t the party more worried about losing Remain supporters to the Lib Dems? (Preview version of article) http://www.ippr.org/juncture/labours-richmond-problem-why-isnt-labour-more-worried-about-losing-remain-supporters-to-the-lib-dems

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