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Brexit live: Jeremy Corbyn refuses to resign after losing no-confidence vote | |
(35 minutes later) | |
5.14pm BST | |
17:14 | |
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." | |
5.04pm BST | |
17:04 | |
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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at 5.07pm BST | |
4.54pm BST | |
16:54 | |
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 | |
16:51 | |
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 | |
16:43 | |
Sky’s Faisal Islam has the full figures. | |
Confirmed result from labour no confidence motion172 for40 against 4 spoilt ballots13 didn't vote | |
4.40pm BST | |
16:40 | |
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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at 4.41pm BST | |
4.34pm BST | 4.34pm BST |
16:34 | 16:34 |
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. |
Updated | Updated |
at 4.37pm BST | at 4.37pm BST |
4.31pm BST | 4.31pm BST |
16:31 | 16:31 |
Corbyn loses no confidence motion by 172 votes to 40 | Corbyn 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 40 | Labour MPs vote no confidence in Corbyn 172 to 40 |
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at 4.31pm BST | at 4.31pm BST |