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Momentum's national coordinator called for the deselection of four Labor MPs who voted with the Conservatives on a Brexit amendment Tuesday night, arguing that there was "no room" for them in the party.
Laura Parker, head of the pro-Corbyn pressure group, accused Kate Hoey, Frank Field, John Mann and Graham Stringer of "blocking the road" as Labor tried to bring down the government in a vote on the bill This was won with a majority of six.
Parker said their actions were a "betrayal of millions of Labor voters" and added, "Work is once again a socialist party that works for the many and not"
The High Labor leaders are exasperated by the four, who systematically vote with the government on the Brexit.At one point, following the debate on Tuesday night, the Chancellor of the Shadow, John McDonnell, addressed Hoey, Field and Stringer in the House of Commons
The attempt to change the mind was unsuccessful: one of the members reportedly told McDonnell that the Conservatives would be torn apart anyway for Brexit and that their actions were of no importance.
In response to Parker, Field said that he had voted with the government in agreement with the "Millions of Labor Voters and two-thirds of the Labor constituencies that have vot Those who often feel their voices are ignored at Westminster. "
Party members are also encouraged to sign a circular letter specifically asking the four MPs – plus Kelvin Hopkins, MP for Luton South – to "never be allowed to run for Labor again". He added: "We call on Labor and their representatives to use all available means to ensure their deselection."
Hopkins, who withdrew the whip pending resolution of a harassment complaint, voted with Hoey, Field and Stringer on an amendment to the Customs Bill discussed Monday night that had been originally submitted by the European research group Jacob Rees-Mogg and was accepted by number 10 as being in accordance with government policy
The party section on Tuesday passed a resolution demanding that the MP be censored, that the whip the party is dismissed and the National Executive Committee declares it ineligible for the future. It should be debated by the constituency party this week.
Last night, Hoey said that the motion of censure was "not a surprise". She added that "during my 29 years, I was censored many times" and that she had long had anti-EU views and that she had often voted against European legislation to sides of Jeremy Corbyn when he was a backbench MP.
The letter concludes: "Members have the right to vote with their conscience and against their whip. But the actions of these MPs in union with the Conservatives and the DUP to support a failing government are a betrayal of our entire movement. "
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