7 Labour MPs quit the party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn – 17 responses to help make sense of it all

You might have noticed by now that 7 Labour MPs have quit the party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

.@lucianaberger announces seven Labour MPs have resigned from the Labour Party to form a new independent group, saying "this has been a very difficult, painful, but necessary decision" #LabourSplit https://t.co/iAQE1PnRMR pic.twitter.com/PN9OOdfaFw

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) February 18, 2019

And while people with bigger brains than ours attempt to work out what the hell this all means (our guess – it’s not going to be good, is it?) here are the only 17 responses you need right now.

1.

https://twitter.com/truzyllo/status/1097434446909853697

To Me, To EU

— Dave Ward (@DaveWardDrummer) February 18, 2019

2.

Didn't expect that tbh #LabourSplit pic.twitter.com/TmI9MSo6jg

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) February 18, 2019

3.

https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/1097441941527162880

4.

BREAKING: Corbyn unveils new-look Labour Party. pic.twitter.com/isUmwR2EZz

— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) February 18, 2019

5.

Can we just delete all parties and start again this lot are broken

— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) February 18, 2019

6.

https://twitter.com/jessbrammar/status/1097447820217458688

7.

Forty years ago this very week, a band of seven breakaway rebels appeared in the episode 'Trial', in which the Supreme Commander's latest attempt to cover up her criminality and shift the blame for her incompetent plans resulted in everything getting blown to smithereens. pic.twitter.com/YJvUzdtwJd

— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) February 18, 2019

8.

https://twitter.com/NickMotown/status/1097449267692797957

9.

They've missed a trick not calling themselves this. pic.twitter.com/0vNue7IBGP

— Simon Blackwell (@simonblackwell) February 18, 2019

10.

If you don’t support Jeremy, fuck off out of the party… oh you have… splitters!

— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) February 18, 2019