Owen Smith accuses Jeremy Corbyn of being ‘happy’ about vote for Brexit

Taking to Twitter, Mr Draper – whose union supports incumbent leader Jeremy Corbyn – said he had been a member for most of his life.

He said in the London-based daily that if Corbyn remained party leader, Labour would be unlikely to win the next general election.

“Labour party members will not accept what appears to be a rigged purge of Jeremy Corbyn supporters,”said McDonnell”.

Corbyn, estranged from most of his MPs in parliament, but enjoying massive grassroots support, has responded by saying Labour, now the official opposition party in parliament, should work with the result of the June 23 vote.

Mr Smith pledged yesterday that under his leadership Labour would seek to stop Brexit negotiations unless the government promised another vote on the final deal.

Ms Atkinson said the result was expected, despite her opposition to Mr Corbyn, whom she said “preaches to the converted” rather than appeals on the doorstep, as voters keep telling her.

Mr Corbyn responded: “I thought we had grown up, we weren’t any longer going to use those kind of questions”.

But in an article for the Daily Record on Thursday, Mr Corbyn accused the SNP of pursuing Conservative-style policies such as a benefits cap and low corporation tax, and of “relentlessly” attacking councils. I campaigned with her in her constituency and across Scotland, and will continue to do so. “I’m not even sure Jeremy did vote “In” in the referendum”.

There were also angry exchanges over the plight of Labour in Scotland amid claims the country had been “ill-served” by the party.

“I don’t think anyone should jeer at anyone else”.

He said: “I have been in touch with Johanna Baxter to let her know that I am appalled by the abuse directed towards her for her role on the National Executive Committee”.

Jeremy Corbyn sitting on the floor of a train, as seen in a Guardian video. He claimed: “There is creativity in all of us but we need to give people the opportunities for this creativity to flourish”.

Several leading cultural figures came out in support of Mr Corbyn’s proposal.

“I want our party to be democratic and accountable”.

“A year ago we lost a general election. Surely the all point of our existence is about decency, about justice, about a society and cares and includes all?”