We’re working our way through Corbyn and many of his supporters not being on board with representative democracy [0]. Makes it kind of tricky to work with the PLP [1]. The end-game is probably a split where you get a representative democracy party and another party based more on Momentum-style direct democracy [2]. One is likely to be a lot more effective than the other at getting things done [3].
[0] representative democracy: you elect a representative and they have autonomy once they are elected, check out Burke etc. So to say that the PLP rebels are acting against the ideals of representative democracy doesn’t really make much sense.
[1] PLP: they tend to be on board with representative democracy since that’s the water they swim in
[2] representative democracy => oligarchy. direct democracy => cults of personality and mob rule. Pays your money and takes your choice.
[3] I’ll bet my money on whichever one is aligned more effectively with the way power works in the UK political system. Which is…