Britain’s Labour leader refuses to step down despite losing confidence vote

Labour Party lawmakers are voting on Tuesday in a ballot of no-confidence in their leader Jeremy Corbyn after he rejected calls to resign, as the aftershocks of the Brexit referendum continue to wreak havoc across the U.K.’s political landscape.

“When unelected people like this come out of the shadows and accuse Labour MPs who are deeply anxious about the future of their country and the fact that the Labour Party faces an existential threat from the leader that we have, to then be accused by Jeremy’s unelected officials, who apparently never even attended a meeting of the Labour Remain campaign, is too much”, Mr Woodcock added.

“I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning”, he said in a statement.

Jeremy Corbyn’s brother Piers today confirmed he voted for Brexit in the European Union referendum as he defended his sibling’s performance as Labour leader.

Ms Cooper, who represents Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford, challenged Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership contest in September 2015.

Labour MPs have overwhelmingly backed a vote of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn.

Glass said it had been a “privilege and an honour” to work with her local party, but said that she wanted to give officials as much time as possible to select a new candidate “given that the election could come as soon as October 2016”.

Significant numbers of supporters turned out to show solidarity for the e mbattled leader at a rally in Parliament Square.

“Can we all agree we are going to unite together as one people, one society, one community, to oppose racism?” he said.

The Labour leader, who will face a hard session of Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons following the 172 to 40 vote in favour of the no-confidence motion, is expected to receive a warmer reception at a rally of his supporters on Wednesday evening.

Corbyn is pushing the Labour party into an astonishing internal crisis.

“Corbyn can not win a general election, so Labour politicians no longer feel they have the luxury of waiting to see what happens”.

Corbyn’s reshuffle means that Labour shadow City minister Richard Burgon was last night named shadow justice secretary, although his replacement, and that of Angela Eagle, have yet to be named.

And Huddersfield MP Barry Sheerman has given a vote of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn. There was a major rebellion over military intervention in Syria and although the party has won a succession of by-elections, its performance in May’s UK-wide elections – where it was pushed into third place in Scotland – raised concerns among MPs. Today’s vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy.

” He has not respected the overwhelming mandate that Jeremy Corbyn was given”.

Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson told Mr Corbyn he had taken his “share of responsibility, but you should take yours”.