Corbyn and his rich cronies don’t care whether Labour win the next election, says former minister
Former MP Dave Watts has attacked the Labour party, saying it's become a "Moonie-like sect" under Corbyn
THE Labour party has mutated into a “Moonie-like sect” under Jeremy Corbyn, a former minister declared yesterday.
In an astonishing attack, peer Dave Watts battered Jeremy Corbyn, and far left groups including Momentum, accusing them of not caring whether they win the next election.
The ex shop steward hit out at wealthy supporters who would be unaffected by future Tory governments.
He said: “Up until this year I was a member of a serious left-of-centre political party whose focus was to win elections so that we could improve the lives of millions of ordinary people.
“It remains somewhat of a mystery to me how in such a short period of time we have been transformed into a Moonie-like political sect.”
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He added: “The present leadership of the party, Momentum and other associated left wing groups appear to think that their own individual pious principles are more important than winning elections.”
And he directly criticised Jeremy Corbyn’s spin doctor Seumas Milne, who earns just under £100,000 a year.
He said: “I am angered by the fact that many of those who espouse such views appear to be from relatively affluent backgrounds and for whom the re-election of a right wing Conservative governments has little effect.
“Seumas is the son of the ex BBC Director General, he was educated at a school which costs over £30,000 a year, worked as the Guardian’s Associate Editor before taking his current role at a cost of £97,000 a year to the taxpayer.
“For people like Seumas losing elections are of little consequence.”
“Continuing to behave like a left wing sect that speaks only to a small number of its adoring fans is the road to electoral disaster.”