Labour leader Corbyn refuses to resign despite no-trust vote

The day after the demonstration, a motion of no confidence in Corbyn was passed by 172 Labour MPs voting in favour and 40 against, with 13 abstentions and four spoilt ballots.

Corbyn, however, has pointed to his backing among the party’s grassroots, insisting that the vote by MPs had “no constitutional legitimacy”.

But Corbyn retains support among many party members and registered supporters outside parliament and they help to elect any new leader.

It said filling dozens of vacancies with “inexperienced lightweights” was like “using a toothpick to prop up a collapsing skyscraper” and suggested Mr Corbyn’s attempts at ” clinging to power increasingly looks like an act of vanity”.

Supporters of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn hold up signs and shout during Momentum’s “Keep Corbyn” rally outside the Houses of Parliament on June 27, 2016 in London.

Angela Eagle has emerged as the likely challenger to the embattled leader and was the most senior member of the shadow cabinet to resign amid the chaos as scores of members of Mr Corbyn’s top team deserted him.

Mr Watson said the party was heading towards a full-blown leadership contest after Mr Corbyn had refused even to discuss some form of “negotiated settlement” following Tuesday’s unprecedented vote of no confidence by Labour MPs.

During the weekly bust up in the House Commons, Cameron told Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn he should make way for a successor so the country had an effective opposition. Critics say he risks splitting and ruining a party that used to be a natural political home for British minority groups, including many from the Jewish community.

The U.K.’s outgoing Prime Minister (PM) David Cameron told his opposite number to resign so the country could have a better opposition in a lively Wednesday session of Prime Minister’s Questions.

“MPs don’t choose the leader of the Labour party, the party does”, said Diane Abbott, the new shadow health secretary.

He called on the party to “unite” after the “tumultuous” week that had followed the European Union referendum. A hard-core socialist that has major traction with anti-establishment voters, Corbyn used to vote left of Labour before he came to lead the party.

A letter to Ms Eagle from the Wallasey CLP secretary shows that, at a meeting on Friday, members mandated her to “reject the motion of no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn”.

The inquiry carried out by former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti found that the Labour Party “is not overrun by anti-Semitism, Islamophobia or other forms of racism”.