Today's Update From The Waugh Zone Is Titled `LABOUR TOGETHER?'

* Paul Waugh

by Paul Waugh | Politics

Jon Cruddas is among those launching a new non-factional ginger group today called Labour Together. Vice-chairs include Lisa Nandy and Steve Reed and councillors Richard Leese, Sharon Taylor and Judith Blake.

In a piece for the Mirror, Cruddas says the Labour party is “in trouble” and needs to renew itself. In the Guardian, Nandy says the challenge is to create a party “that speaks for both the working class and the middle class, that can knit those interests together”.

But when it comes to tactics on the EU referendum, it’s a case of Labour Apart. PolHome reported last night that John McDonnell had told a Labour In meeting that sharing a platform with David Cameron “discredits” the party and “demotivates” its supporters.

* Labour Leader,Jeremy Corbyn. (Photo Credit: via the Waugh Zone)

This was hours after Sadiq Khan joined the PM, and in answer to a question from a party activist asking if it was the right thing to do. McDonnell’s spokesman denies there was any direct attack on the Mayor of London. Yet there is an unease among some on the left of the party that Labour figures from Tessa Jowell to Harriet Harman to Brendan Barber have been photographed alongside Cameron.

Jeremy Corbyn's brother Piers last night tweeted "ManMade #ClimateChange is a LIE like #BetterIN". Which just shows what a crazy old campaign this is.



Luciana Berger’s decision to run for Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City region yesterday underlines again the feeling that some shadow ministers believe it’s better to follow Khan’s lead in seeking power outside Westminster.

* Paul Waugh Is The Executive Editor of HuffPost UK