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Syria air strikes: Morgan says Labour effectively two parties | Syria air strikes: Morgan says Labour effectively two parties |
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Labour is effectively two political parties, due to the split between its MPs and wider membership, ex-Labour First Minister Rhodri Morgan has said. | Labour is effectively two political parties, due to the split between its MPs and wider membership, ex-Labour First Minister Rhodri Morgan has said. |
It follows 66 Labour MPs voting to extend air strikes to Syria, a policy opposed by party leader Jeremy Corbyn. | It follows 66 Labour MPs voting to extend air strikes to Syria, a policy opposed by party leader Jeremy Corbyn. |
Mr Morgan told BBC Wales most party members were "very loyal" to Mr Corbyn and "few" backed wider military action. | Mr Morgan told BBC Wales most party members were "very loyal" to Mr Corbyn and "few" backed wider military action. |
But he said most Labour MPs were "not really Corbynistas", so the party was having to deal with a "new phenomenon". | But he said most Labour MPs were "not really Corbynistas", so the party was having to deal with a "new phenomenon". |
Speaking on the Good Morning Wales radio programme, Mr Morgan said: "In effect we have two Labour parties and this is a bit of a new phenomenon, so we've got to try to let it settle down and work out what's the best way forward." | Speaking on the Good Morning Wales radio programme, Mr Morgan said: "In effect we have two Labour parties and this is a bit of a new phenomenon, so we've got to try to let it settle down and work out what's the best way forward." |
Mr Morgan called a suggestion by the Labour MP and former minister Frank Field that the party should have two leaders was "quite clever" but "not very workable". | |
'Difficult' | |
Mr Morgan's comments came as Labour celebrated victory in the Oldham West and Royton by-election. | |
Deputy party leader Tom Watson called the result "very, very good" for Mr Corbyn, and urged MPs to "swing behind" their leader after a "difficult week". |
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