Labour infighting

It was on the news earlier that Jeremy Corbyn has ordered his party to vote to support legislation to enable article 50 to be invoked.

Several labour MPs have apparently refused, some resigning.

Does anyone think the labour party are still credible? How can they possibly think it's OK to go against democracy, and fight amongst themselves, yet still ask people to vote for them to lead the country at the next general election? Are they from another planet?

 

The moment Jeremy Corbyn was elected, the party (PLP) was divided. Might as well right them off for a few years. He (JC) might well be a well meaning and principled person, but he'll never strike a chord with the British public. Left-wing politics, while well meaning, are totally out of date with reality.
Just my opinion

 

And what of their conscience? Would you vote for something you didn't believe in? I wouldn't, and it seems others won't, which I imagine is why some have resigned.
As for wanting a major party to implode, this is the real threat to democracy. Governments of any persuasion need to be held to account by the opposition.

 

They are in a difficult position. On one hand, maybe their constituents voted remain. But on the other hand, this isn't about a local by election. Nationally, the people voted to leave. Voting to block that is to vote to block democracy. Quite ironic really. It is a tough situation, but surely that why they get paid so much. Because they have to shoulder a lot of responsibility.

Of course they could always take their 60k plus per year while things are plain sailing and just run away when it gets tough. As we saw before, they can always beg for their jobs back when the dust settles.

I think Jeremy Corbyn has shown a lot of integrity. Whether it was his intention or not I don't know, but he has given his MPs an easy out for their conscience. They could do as they were told and just blame it all on him. He did this despite being personally opposed to brexit, but recognising it's what the majority voted for.

 

Get paid so much? They're welcome to it. I get paid a bit more than half of that, for 7 hrs a day, 5 days a week. Once I 'clock out', that's me done, no hassle, no complaints, no being heckled in the street, or shot at.

 

It's the going rate, for what I do, nothing special. Better than some, worse than some. For sure, I wouldn't want to be an MP!

 

They get at least double what a soldier gets.

One does a few hours admin work, maybe upsets a few people, and while there have been tragic cases of extremes, usually the worst the get is a bit of verbal abuse (which is unacceptable, but hardly the end of the world ). The other is paid half as much to actually go to places where people are actually trained to kill them, and have to work many hours a day in harsh conditions in order to fulfil the wishes of people who get paid substantially more than them.

I agree that being an MP carries a lot if responsibility and some risk, but when compared with armed forces personnel or emergency services, or those in some of the more high risk manual jobs, they get extremely well compensated for what looks like not very much work or risk.

 

Well, one could argue that I (as an aircraft fitter) hold the fate of hundreds in my hands, would you advocate me being paid as much as a surgeon?

 

I'm not qualified to answer that.

 

That may change as JC hasn't yet decided whether he's going to change his mind or not.