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Jeremy Corbyn could be deposed as Labour MPs submit no confidence motion
The Daily Telegraph ^ | June 24, 2016 | Ben Riley-Smith, Steven Swinford, and Laura Hughes

Posted on 06/24/2016 10:10:24 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

Jeremy Corbyn could be deposed as Labour leader within days after two MPs formally tabled a motion of no confidence in him.

Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey's demand will be discussed at the Parliamentary Labour Party's next meeting on Monday evening and a vote could be held as early as Tuesday.

Sources close to the Labour rebels said the move would trigger a straight yes/no vote on whether MPs held confidence in Mr Corbyn, with a leadership content being launched if a majority said no.

However Mr Corbyn's team are unsure about whether the no confidence motion is actually allowed in the rule books and are now rapidly trying to work out where they stand.

The chaotic scenes happened amid fury from pro-EU Labour MPs over Mr Corbyn's failure to persuade more supporters to vote Remain in the wake of yesterday's Brexit vote.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; brexitvote; brixit; corbyn; eu; jeremycorbyn; labourparty; leftists

1 posted on 06/24/2016 10:10:24 AM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Eventually Sadiq Khan will be the Labour leader, only a matter of time.


2 posted on 06/24/2016 10:12:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Looks like Labor(Liberals) are seeing elitist/establishment in their own ranks…. Oh the shame of it!


3 posted on 06/24/2016 10:14:38 AM PDT by SIRTRIS
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To: dfwgator
Eventually Sadiq Khan will be the Labour leader, only a matter of time.

Yup. Good call.

4 posted on 06/24/2016 10:16:43 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff
Why?

I think Jeremy Corbyn is the best leader the Labour Party has ever had!

5 posted on 06/24/2016 10:17:17 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

And that's about as good as British teeth get...

6 posted on 06/24/2016 10:18:47 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

That would be a damn shame. Corbyn has been one of the best Labour leaders — for the Conservatives, that is.


7 posted on 06/24/2016 10:19:52 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Labour’s working class voters abandoned the party and voted in droves for Brexit.

Hartlepool delivered a blowout margin for Brexit - a Labour stronghold and that’s when the writing was on the wall.

Labour’s base repudiated its own leadership.


8 posted on 06/24/2016 10:25:33 AM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

In the UK to “table a motion” means to put it forward for consideration, while in the USA it means to set it aside without considering it.


9 posted on 06/24/2016 10:38:00 AM PDT by captain_dave
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To: dfwgator

That was the plan from the beginning.


10 posted on 06/24/2016 10:41:34 AM PDT by WilliamCooper1
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To: goldstategop

The same thing goes for the Tories. They have some egg on their face too, hence Cameron’s resignation. The new government will be led by Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage. Let that sink in...Nigel Farage has a chance to be the Prime Minister of England...that’s something that was a wet dream for anti-globalist 20 years ago.


11 posted on 06/24/2016 10:43:41 AM PDT by WilliamCooper1
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

The vote was a repudiation of both big parties (Conservative and Labour) and their current leaders.

Peter Hitchens blog comments today included the notion that both major parties should be replaced by a Brexit government although he doubted it could happen.


12 posted on 06/24/2016 11:33:05 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: captain_dave

England and America are two countries separated by a common language. - George Bernard Shaw


13 posted on 06/24/2016 7:03:26 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools - Solon, Lawmaker of Athens)
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