• EIGHT MPs resign from the Labour Party but remain in the House of Commons as Independent members. One of the matters that caused them to so behave is the failure of Labour to endorse the call for a second referendum, the “People’s Vote”.

It’s called democracy apparently notwithstanding the public have already decided. This cuts both ways: having gained the privileged position of MP as a result of being selected as candidate by the Labour Party they should now resign from Parliament. A case of democracy for the few not the many?

This would be the honourable route to take and would respect democracy and their erstwhile colleagues. Each of them could stand in the resulting by-election as an Independent against the official Labour Party candidate. Call it a “People’s Vote”.

Worth remembering when Douglas Carswell and Mark Reckless resigned from the Conservative Party and joined Ukip they resigned as MPs and gave their former constituents the choice in a by-election. Both won.

STEPHEN SOUTHAM
Mildmay Grove North, N1