LIVE: Labour descends into Civil War as Jeremy Corbyn faces leadership coup

[dbgtz]

Hang on, is he basically saying stop with the bullshit party politics and do what is best for the country? And people are shouting "resign" because he said that?

[Inseriousity.]

This happened in the last hour in PMQs. Wow.



By all means it looks as though Corbyn is determined to stand again which begs the question if the membership re-elect him, what next?

Maybe the Liberal Democrats do have a hope of getting some MPs back one day.

Luciana Berger and Kate Green have also left according to Guido. Got no-one left. Rumours are abound that Labour are going to offer Green MP Caroline Lucas 'Shadow Energy Secretary.' Apparently there's precedent for this cross-party appointment but not sure what it is.

[-:Undertaker:-]

@Inseriousity.;

Somebody on Twitter made the observation that being a Labour MP atm must be the easiest (and quickest) way to bulk up your CV.

[Inseriousity.]

Lol I loved Cameron's dig. He said to the newly-elected Labour MP to keep her phone out because she'll be in the shadow cabinet by the end of the day haha

[peteyt]

I'm lost. I don't know Corbyn or his policies but it seems like he's been used as a scapegoat.

Instead of the party fighting they should actually look at why people voted leave. People voted leave because they are tired of the current system and feel Let down. Corbyn didn't cause this

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[-:Undertaker:-]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...medium=twitter

Corbyn knows he's never had the confidence of Labour MPs, which is why he's so unfazed.

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) June 27, 2016

As many as 150 MPs will vote to oust Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday, as the Labour leader threatened to recruit 100,000 hard-Left supporters to cling onto power.

In a dramatic day in Westminster, Mr Corbyn was hit by dozens of resignations over his leadership as the total of frontbenchers to leave rose to 43 over the last two days.

The Labour leader faced heckles of “resign” from his own MPs as he attempted to face down the coup in the House of Commons by claiming rebels were being unpatriotic for challenging him.

Later in a heated private meeting with MPs, backbenchers openly mocked him as he attempted to claim he can win a general election.

The row spilled out into the corridors as MPs and Mr Corbyn’s aides challenged each other over their behaviour in recent days.

Moderate MP John Woodcock accused the leader’s office of spreading “lies and distortion”, while Corbyn aides challenged rebels to call a contest “tomorrow” because they are so confident of victory.

Angela Eagle, who resigned as shadow business secretary, is now considering launching a leadership challenge as contenders begun sounding out colleagues for support.

Mr Corbyn was on Monday told by Tom Watson, the Labour deputy leader, that he had lost the support of his MPs and should prepare for a leadership contest.

Five previously supportive shadow cabinet ministers also resigned after a tense meeting with Mr Corbyn, with one of the left-wingers being left in tears.

Yet the Labour leader remained defiant, with aides insisting he would not be toppled by the “corridor coup” and challenging rivals to beat him in a formal leadership contest.

They are ready to exploit party rules that allow people to temporarily join Labour for £3 to recruit 100,000 left-wing activists who would primarily back Mr Cobryn in a vote.

Momentum, the pro-Corbyn activist group, gathered more a thousand supporters to Parliament Square as a show of support for the Labour leader, chanting “Corbyn Stay”.

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The guy is a crappy leader. He looks out of touch, he cannot debate, he looks half asleep. He needs to go.

[dbgtz]

Out of curiosity, are you hoping he leaves or stays and why? (To @-:Undertaker:-; )

[peteyt]

The guy is a crappy leader. He looks out of touch, he cannot debate, he looks half asleep. He needs to go.

Like I said earlier I don't know much about him or his policies but people seem to bash him based on his looks. Didn't cameron once say he didn't look smart enough.

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[FlyingJesus]

Whether you like him or not surely at this point if he's really looking to do "what's best" he should stand down, since all he's doing at the moment is tearing Labour apart and making it even easier for Conservative to carry on smiling. I mean even Cameron is making fun of them and he's about to be on the dole