Labour crisis: how the coup against Jeremy Corbyn gathered pace

Small group of Labour MPs had been briefing for months to expect movement but Brexit changed the calculationsThe fireworks began at 9.59pm on Saturday when an article outing Hilary Benn as the chief plotter against Jeremy Corbyn was published by the Observer.The Labour leader’s aides scrambled on to a conference call to work out a plan to deal with the rebellion. It did not take long for Benn to be bombarded with a stream of messages from Katy Clark, Corbyn’s political secretary, ask