Lord Mandelson hosts Tom Watson over dinner to discuss ousting Corbyn and setting up new party 

BBQ plot to oust Corbyn: Lord Mandelson hosts Tom Watson over grilled dinner to discuss how to remove the Labour leader

  • Labour moderates are said to have met and discussed how to save the party
  • Mandelson invited Labour’s deputy leader and ten centrist MPs to London home 
  • Mr Watson helped force Mr Blair from power after leading the Curry House Plot

Lord Mandelson hosted former enemy Tom Watson at a barbecue where Labour moderates discussed how to save the party from Mr Corbyn, it emerged yesterday.

The peer invited Labour’s deputy leader and ten centrist MPs to his London home last month.

They discussed topics including the post-Corbyn succession and possibilities of a new party being set up.

The secret meeting between Lord Mandelson – a supporter of Tony Blair – and Gordon Brown’s acolyte Mr Watson (pictured)comes amid calls from some on the Labour Right to start another party.

Lord Mandelson (left) hosted former enemy Tom Watson (right) at a barbecue where Labour moderates discussed how to save the party from Mr Corbyn

Mr Mandelson is said to have invited Labour’s deputy leader and ten centrist MPs to his London home to discuss the post-Corbyn succession and possibilities of a new party being set up

Mr Mandelson is said to have invited Labour’s deputy leader and ten centrist MPs to his London home to discuss the post-Corbyn succession and possibilities of a new party being set up

The secret meeting between Lord Mandelson – a supporter of Tony Blair – and Gordon Brown’s acolyte Mr Watson comes amid calls from some on the Labour Right to start another party.

Mr Watson helped force Mr Blair from power after leading the Curry House Plot, a scheme hatched in an Indian restaurant. 

A source said: ‘Peter Mandelson and Tom Watson buried the hatchet … The purpose of the barbecue was to plot the post-Corbyn succession and discuss the prospect of a new party, how to ramp up pressure on Corbyn over the summer and the issue of anti-Semitism.’

Mr Watson denied a plot. He told the Sunday Times he was not involved in a plot. 

He said: ‘My kids and I spent much of the occasion playing with Peter’s two wonderful dogs – Jock and Poppy.’

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