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Brexit live: Jeremy Corbyn loses no confidence motion Brexit live: Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign after losing no-confidence vote
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5.14pm BST
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Unite boss Len McCluskey says, if there is a Labour leadership election, Corbyn's supporters 'will be ready'
Rajeev Syal
Len McCluskey, the head of Unite which is the party’s biggest financial backer, said that the behaviour of Labour’s MPs has been “extraordinary” and diverted attention from a Tory government in crisis.
If anyone wants to change the Labour leadership, they must do it openly and democratically through an election, not through resignations and pointless posturing. If there has to be such an election, Jeremy Corbyn’s supporters throughout the movement will be ready for it.
5.09pm BST
17:09
A #SavingLabour website has been set up for people who want to send in a message saying they support calls for Jeremy Corbyn to resign.
5.08pm BST
17:08
Labour source: "Rosie [chief whip] and John [PLP chair] have not asked JC to resign, contrary to some speculation."
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According to the New Statesman’s George Eaton, Rosie Winterton, the chief whip, and John Cryer, the chair of the PLP, are going to see Jeremy Corbyn to tell him that the game is up.
Chief whip and PLP chair going to tell Corbyn the game's up. Rebels' last hope of avoiding contest.
They are unlikely to have much luck. Tom Watson, Labour’s deputy leader, tried this on Monday and did not get anywhere.
In Rosa Prince’s very useful biography of Corbyn, two themes emerge very strongly. First, Corbyn is incredibly stubborn. He could not have spent his life campaigning for unfashionable causes if he wasn’t. And, second, in any contest between his principles/conscience and the interests of the PLP, the PLP always comes out second. That is why he merrily defied the Labour whip so often.
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Corbyn refuses to resign, saying no confidence vote has 'no constitutional legitimacy'
Anushka Asthana
Jeremy Corbyn has put out this statement.
In the aftermath of last week’s referendum, our country faces major challenges. Risks to the economy and living standards are growing. The public is divided.
The government is in disarray. Ministers have made it clear they have no exit plan, but are determined to make working people pay with a new round of cuts and tax rises.
Labour has the responsibility to give a lead where the government will not. We need to bring people together, hold the government to account, oppose austerity and set out a path to exit that will protect jobs and incomes.
To do that we need to stand together. Since I was elected leader of our party nine months ago, we have repeatedly defeated the government over its attacks on living standards.
Last month, Labour become the largest party in the local elections. In Thursday’s referendum, a narrow majority voted to leave, but two thirds of Labour supporters backed our call for a remain vote.
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. Today’s vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy.
We are a democratic party, with a clear constitution. Our people need Labour party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite behind my leadership at a critical time for our country.
4.51pm BST
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The New Statesman’s George Eaton says that, on the basis of these figures, Jeremy Corbyn would fail to get the 50 signatures he would need to nominate him for a leadership contest without the backing of 10 MEPs (who are now included in the group that can nominate candidates).
40 MPs back Corbyn. That means he'd need 10 MEPs if not on the ballot automatically.
But whether or not Corbyn would need to be nominated in a future leadership contest is a moot point. There is conflicting legal advice on this. His supporters have counsel’s opinion saying Corbyn would automatically be on the ballot, as a serving leader, but his opponents have legal advice saying the opposite.
4.43pm BST
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Sky’s Faisal Islam has the full figures.
Confirmed result from labour no confidence motion172 for40 against 4 spoilt ballots13 didn't vote
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By comparison, when Iain Duncan Smith faced a no confidence vote as Conservative party leader, he lost by 90 votes to 75. Duncan Smith subsequently resigned, and was replaced by Michael Howard.
But Duncan Smith was obliged to resign under Conservative party rules. No confidence motions in the leader do not feature in the Labour rulebook, which is why Corbyn says he can ignore today’s vote.
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That means 81% of the Labour MPs who voted have no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn.That means 81% of the Labour MPs who voted have no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn.
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Corbyn loses no confidence motion by 172 votes to 40Corbyn loses no confidence motion by 172 votes to 40
This is from the Sunday Times’s James Lyons.This is from the Sunday Times’s James Lyons.
Labour MPs vote no confidence in Corbyn 172 to 40Labour MPs vote no confidence in Corbyn 172 to 40
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4.30pm BST
16:30
According to Sky News, Tom Watson and Angela Eagle are going to meet soon to decide which of them would be best placed to challenge Jeremy Corbyn.
4.27pm BST
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Sky News are reporting that Jeremy Corbyn has, as expected, lost the motion of no confidence.
BREAK: Not a surprise but looks @JeremyCorbyn has lost PLP confidence vote overwhelmingly.
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Stephen Crabb, the work and pensions secretary, has confirmed that he is standing for the Conservative leadership in an email to Tory MPs, Politico reports.
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These are from Sky’s Faisal Islam.
Half an hour ago only 18 Labour MPs hadn't voted in the no confidence vote - mainly COrbyn supporters rushed in at last moment
Interestingly I understand Corbyn MPs did end up voting, had been suggestions they would not as part of effort to delegitimise motion
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We will get the result of the Labour no confidence ballot at about 4.30pm.
Just been told result of PLP 'no confidence' motion ballot will be announced in about 25 mins.
4.12pm BST
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Barack Obama has appealed for calm in the light of the Brexit vote. He said it was as if the pause button had been pressed on the European integration project. Norway is not a member of the EU, he said. But Norway was one of America’s closest allies, he said.
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This is from the BBC’s Ross Hawkins. It will be interesting to see to what extent willingness to hold, or rule out, an early election becomes an issue in the Conservative leadership party contest.
One key Boris ally tells me he won't have any early general election
4.01pm BST
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Pat Glass received death threats
Pat Glass (see 3.54pm) has also revealed that she stayed away from her local EU referendum count after death threats were made against her, the Press Association reports.
Four threats were made to the police about Glass, who represents North West Durham, and who was shadow Europe minister until she was promoted on Monday to shadow education minister.
Glass did not see the threats but they were taken seriously enough by the police for her to be warned.
She said: “Police advice was that it was best to avoid being in places I was expected to be and I decided not to attend the count.”
A malicious email was also sent to a member of her family, she said.
“To some extent people like me put ourselves out there but stuff directed at our families is beyond the pale,” the MP said.
It was understood she would normally ignore anonymous threats as the work of “keyboard warriors” but following the killing of her parliamentary colleague Jo Cox, Glass took them seriously.
A Durham Police spokeswoman confirmed the force was investigating.
3.54pm BST
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Pat Glass to stand down at election after 'incredibly divisive' referendum campaign
Pat Glass, who was appointed shadow education secretary, has announced that she will stand down at the next election. She says that, although she only ever intended to serve two terms, she found the last six months “very, very difficult”. The referendum campaign was “incredibly divisive” and “bruising in many respects”, she says.
Glass got into trouble during the campaign for calling a voter “a horrible racist” - although some of us took the view that she was stitched up.
If Glass feels this way about politics after the referendum campaign, it would not be surprising if some other MPs feel the same way.
Here’s her letter.
I have informed my CLP Chair that whenever the next General Election takes place, I will not be Labour's candidate. pic.twitter.com/g3DADx57KF
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Fresh evidence of remain campaigners feeling let down by Corbyn
Anushka Asthana
More evidence has emerged about how remain campaigners feel let down by Jeremy Corbyn’s office. Here is an extract from a leaked email sent out to supporters by Stewart Owadally, the director of Wales Stronger In Europe, and Alex Kalinik, its head of press.
We were consistently given short shrift when we requested visits from Labour figures via the Labour party in London. Our political champions from the Labour party were often unable to get hold of research or rebuttal materials from Labour HQ to help make their case. In the end we often coordinated press for Labour figures because the Labour Party was not willing to do so – but these were less powerful because they were not from the official party infrastructure.
Most strikingly felt of all was the complete disinterest from Jeremy Corbyn. As leader of our party, he should have thrown the full weight of his resources - as leader, as the leader’s office, and as the steward of the party itself - into the Labour campaign for a remain vote, but this did not happen.
This was borne out by the results. While polls suggest somewhere in the region of 60% of Labour voters voted remain across the UK, what we saw and heard in the traditional Labour heartlands told its own story. We lost them, badly. And we faced a constant barrage of opposition from people in those areas during the campaign.