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Brighton, United Kingdom
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party was torn by infighting Sunday as it tried to forge a coherent Brexit strategy that could reverse polls indicating a likely election drubbing.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s moment of truth at the annual party conference comes with Britain facing the grim prospect of ending its 46-year involvement in the European Union on October 31 without a plan for future trade.
Yet the same bitter disagreements over Europe that saw Boris Johnson’s right-wing Conservatives lose their working majority -- and make a general election appear inevitable -- are also fraying Labour on the left.
The 119-year-old party’s support base consists of cosmopolitan city-dwelling europhiles and traditional working-class communities that rejected Brussels in the 2016 referendum.
Polls show these views have become even more entrenched today -- a polarisation that further complicates Corbyn’s bid to find a unifying stance.
The strongly anti-European Brexit Party and the unapologetically pro-EU Liberal Democrats are eroding Labour’s support on both flanks.
Brighton, United Kingdom
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party was torn by infighting Sunday as it tried to forge a coherent Brexit strategy that could reverse polls indicating a likely election drubbing.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s moment of truth at the annual party conference comes with Britain facing the grim prospect of ending its 46-year involvement in the European Union on October 31 without a plan for future trade.
Yet the same bitter disagreements over Europe that saw Boris Johnson’s right-wing Conservatives lose their working majority -- and make a general election appear inevitable -- are also fraying Labour on the left.
The 119-year-old party’s support base consists of cosmopolitan city-dwelling europhiles and traditional working-class communities that rejected Brussels in the 2016 referendum.
Polls show these views have become even more entrenched today -- a polarisation that further complicates Corbyn’s bid to find a unifying stance.
The strongly anti-European Brexit Party and the unapologetically pro-EU Liberal Democrats are eroding Labour’s support on both flanks.
