Labour must take on the splitters by finally backing a people’s vote | Michael Chessum

The party must react decisively to the Independent Group’s formation, for both the anti-Brexit movement – and its futureJust as the battle enters its crucial final phase, several captains have unilaterally headed for the lifeboats. With five weeks to go until Brexit and a carefully calibrated strategy of amendments playing out, centrist Labour MPs have apparently chosen this as their moment to split. People who have spent their entire lives espousing loyalty to Labour and passion for