Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, has called for Jeremy Corbyn to resign

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, has called for Jeremy Corbyn to resign, saying he has lost the confidence of the party’s 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 Corbyn’s standing among members still high, there is every chance he could win again. “A split looks more and more likely,” the New Statesman’s 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]

1. ALSO: Gordon Brown says Corbyn will stand down

Gordon Brown, the former prime minister, has also now made it clear that he thinks Jeremy Corbyn should resign. He told Sky News: “I don’t think Corbyn’s going to stay, he’s going to go. He knows the parliamentary party have no faith in him.”

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 we’re 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]

2. Point me to anything Brown's been right about

... 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]

3. He should step down. He has lost the confidence of his members and you can't lead when that happens.

I feel bad for him but British politics is a blood sport.

[Denzil_DC]

4. He never had the confidence of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) -

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]

5. Labour members were elected with the support of Labour voters.

I don't think he was suited for the position.

[Denzil_DC]

6. And may be deselected by Labour Party members, unless they change the rules.

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]

7. I can still give my opinion.

Good day to you.

[Denzil_DC]

8. Well, yeah, you can.

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]

9. The turd way Blairiists are getting ansy

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. This is the first time in my life I've said this:

At least we're not British.