Voting begins in the UK to decide if hard-left leader Jeremy Corbyn stays in charge the Labour party, with an ill-tempered campaign deepening divisions that threaten the party’s future.
Ballots and online voting forms are sent to party members, who have until September 21 to decide whether to replace Corbyn with MP Owen Smith, previously little known outside parliament.
Britain’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn responds to questions at a Home Affairs Committee hearing on anti-Semitism in the British Parliament on July 4, 2016. (screen capture: www.parliamentlive.tv)
Corbyn, 67, is favorite and retains the backing of most trade unions and many grassroots supporters who signed up last year to propel him to a shock leadership election win. But he has failed to win over many of the party’s MPs, 80 percent of whom backed a recent vote of no-confidence in Corbyn. Under Corbyn, the party has also become embroiled in a series of members’ suspensions for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic comments.
London mayor Sadiq Khan and Labour’s leader in Scotland, Kezia Dugdale, are among those backing Smith over Corbyn.
— AP
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