Labour hijacked by hard-left clique, claims Chris Leslie

Independent Group MP says Labour MPs ‘played’ by the leadership over BrexitChris Leslie, one of the seven MPs who quit Labour on Monday to join the fledgling Independent Group, says his former party has been “hijacked” by a “clique”.The Nottingham East MP, who was briefly shadow chancellor in 2015 under Harriet Harman’s caretaker leadership, told the Guardian he believed Jeremy Corbyn was promulgating “hard-left” policies, which did not deser