It’s time for change in the UK parliament

The UK is clearly stuck in a constitutional crisis. David Cameron promised his referendum on Europe to avoid splitting his party, which has always been divided over Europe. Theresa May is continuing that battle, trying to find common ground between the hard right, anti-Europe wing of her party, and the centrist, pro-Europeans. On top of that she is also trying to maintain the support of the DUP, with whom her party really has almost nothing in common. Indeed, the DUP has very little in common with anyone else in the UK, so that makes things even harder.

Meanwhile, the Labour party has split itself over the centrist legacy of Tony Blair and New Labour, and the new/old hard leftism of Jeremy Corbyn and the Momentum movement.

It is no wonder that nobody can agree on anything. We are seeing Unions negotiating with the Conservatives, Labour MPs voting with Tories, Tories with Labour, and MPs who are technically in opposition working together to oppose their own parties.

It is clearly time for the two main parties to come clean and break into their two respective parts. The Labour party is really two parties: the Momentum left of Jeremy Corbyn, which wants to create a socialist utopia outside Europe, and the centre left, pro-European party of Chuka Umunna and Sadiq Khan. The centre-left mainstream of the party are struggling…