Seven Labour MPs protest James Corbyn's leadership, quit party over Brexit

Though the full implications remain unclear, the split has the potential to complicate Prime Minister Theresa May's task of getting her deal with Brussels through Parliament

Seven Labour politicians quit the UK’s main opposition party as Brexit cracked open the structures that have defined British politics for decades, just six weeks before the UK is due to leave the European Union.

At a snap press conference in London, the members of Parliament stood up to explain why they had resigned in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the party. Just five minutes earlier, they’d pressed the button in unison on their resignation emails. Luciana Berger, Chris Leslie, Angela Smith, Gavin Shuker, Mike Gapes, Ann Coffey and Chuka Umunna will now sit in an “Independent Group” they want