FIVE north-east of England Labour MPs will not be invited to the Durham Miners’ Gala after calling for a second Brexit referendum in a move widely seen as an attempt to undermine Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

Phil Wilson (Sedgefield), Paul Williams (Stockton South), Anna Turley (Redcar), Catherine McKinnell (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne North) and Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) penned an article that appeared in the Independent today.

The MPs, whose constituencies all voted in favour of EU withdrawal, wrote that the issue of Brexit is “bigger than party.”