Labour plunged into further chaos as two senior MPs defy Jeremy Corbyn on second Scottish independence referendum
Leader branded 'misguided' over views on referendum
LABOUR plunged deeper into chaos yesterday as two senior MPs defied Jeremy Corbyn on a second Scottish independence referendum.
And separately the party’s Shadow Business Secretary said Labour would increase spending by at least a whopping £63 billion a year if it got back in power.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn infuriated MPs on Saturday by saying a second independence referendum in Scotland would be “absolutely fine”.
He was immediately branded “misguided” by Scottish Labour figures.
And yesterday former Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn said “Jeremy set out his view” but it was not official party policy.
Taking to Twitter, Labour’s only Scottish MP accused the leader of “destroying the party”.
He said: “Often asked why I resigned from the Shadow Cabinet. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you Jeremy Corbyn.”
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said it was “always a pleasure” to have Jeremy Corbyn campaigning in Scotland.
Separately yesterday Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long Bailey was ridiculed by Tories after agreeing Labour wanted to increase spending by over £60 billion – including scrapping tuition fees at a cost of £21 billion.
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She insisted the changes would be cost neutral because it would put up corporation tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax to raise £70billion.
But BBC TV political presenter Andrew Marr quoted official figures saying these measures would only generate £30billion.
Tory MP Amanda Milling said: “Labour have once again shown that their sums just don’t add up – their proposals would raise less than half the money they think it would.
“The truth is that if your sums don’t add up, then you can’t be trusted to run the economy.”