Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, has called for Jeremy Corbyn to resign
Source: The Guardian
Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, has called for Jeremy Corbyn to resign, saying he has lost the confidence of the partys MPs in parliament and his position has become untenable. Miliband has previously supported Corbyn, but he spoke out as other senior party figures also went public to try to persuade him to resign in the interests of party unity. But Corbyn is refusing point-blank to buckle, and his close ally John McDonnell has said a leadership contest will take place. Tom Watson and Angela Eagle are reportedly at loggerheads over which of them should take on Corbyn. But with Corbyns standing among members still high, there is every chance he could win again. A split looks more and more likely, the New Statesmans Stephen Bush writes on a blog. Labour has exhausted the essential component for a social democratic and a socialist party forced to cohabit thanks to first past the post: goodwill.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/29/brexit-live-sad-cameron-eu-immigration-corbyn-leadership
brooklynite
(94,592 posts)Earlier, at the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland event in Edinburgh, where he expanded on his Guardian essay on the Brexit vote and globalisation, Brown was a bit more guarded when asked about Corbyn. But he implied that Corbyn was unsuitable because he was not interested in power.
The real issue comes down to whether we decide were a party of power and not a party of protest and that means a party of power with principles, with leadership implementing in practice the biggest issue we have to face up to, the issues of how we manage and maintain globalisation in future.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2016/jun/29/brexit-live-sad-cameron-eu-immigration-corbyn-leadership?page=with:block-5773bcafe4b0759da0f94a56#block-5773bcafe4b0759da0f94a56
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)... I was going to set a time limit on that, but I'm not sure there's a need!
He guaranteed Scotland the Earth to try to get us to stay in the UK during the independence referendum. He wasn't deployed by that campaign, insiders said "he escaped." His stock has never recovered from that, and it certainly wasn't great before.
If there's one thing Brown and Miliband know about, it's how to lose elections.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I feel bad for him but British politics is a blood sport.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)the MPs elected under Miliband when Labour lost the last election.
"His members" are the Labour Party grassroots membership who voted him in in a massive landslide despite the bitter opposition of the PLP. None of those criticizing him within the party could dream of mobilizing such support.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)I don't think he was suited for the position.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)Are you a Labour Party member? Then it's not your decision, whether you think he was suited or not.
They are answerable to their constituency parties - you know, the ones who selected them to stand as MPs in the first place, pay their dues, and who they expect to go out on the doorsteps for them. If they don't like it, they can leave the party, or try to change those rules at the next conference.
Those are Labour's rules. The "rebels" are breaking them. They can get behind a candidate with 50 signatures if they want him gone, then see what the party membership says. Staging a coup and bullying him, with full media support, to go isn't within the rules.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Good day to you.
Denzil_DC
(7,242 posts)And we know what they say about opinions - I've got one too!
But neither of us gets to decide. Unless we join up. That's the way it is.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,174 posts)They were probably as shocked as the D turd way was here when Bernie almost... almost threatened to win and tear down their house of cards, when he first won Labour party leadership.
They were waiting for the first opportunity, a kind of "disaster politic" situation like the Brexit vote, to make their move.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)At least we're not British.