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'For heaven's sake man, go': Cameron tears into Corbyn as Labour chaos continues

Both leaders could be on the way out, as Corbyn endures a massive revolt from his MPs.

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DAVID CAMERON LAID into Jeremy Corbyn across the House of Commons today, telling him it was not in the national interest for him to remain on as Labour leader, and attacking his performance on the pre-Brexit campaign trail.

It comes as Corbyn faces a revolt from his MPs, who backed a no confidence motion in his leadership by an overwhelming margin yesterday evening.

“I know the honourable gentleman says he put his back into it. All I would say is I would hate to see him when he is not trying,” the UK prime minister said of his opposite number’s referendum campaign effort.

He added:

It might be in my party’s interests for him to sit there, it’s not in the national interests and I would say, for heaven’s sake man, go.

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Labour MPs voted against Corbyn in a no-confidence motion by 172 to 40 after dozens of members of his frontbench team stepped down in recent days.

Corbyn, however, is still refusing to go anywhere.

No confidence 

The embattled leader was elected to the job last year on a wave of support from grassroots Labour members, but has since struggled to build broad support among the parliamentary party.

His below-par performance campaigning for a Remain vote in Europe was the final straw for many MPs (see below). He had been known for his eurosceptic comments in the past, and voted against a number of EU treaties.

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In the latest development in what’s been a nightmare few days for Corbyn, his predecessor Ed Miliband has said the Labour leader’s position is now untenable.

Miliband told the BBC’s World at One:

The question, then, for him, is what’s the right thing for the country, and for the party, and for the causes he cares about? I’m not a Blairite. I’ve never been called a Blairite. I’m not a plotter. I’m somebody who cares deeply about this country, deeply about my party, and deeply about the causes that I think Jeremy and I care about.

Corbyn has reiterated, however, that he’ll definitely be on the ballot paper in the by-now-inevitable leadership contest. He’s banking on the grassroots members who swept him to power last year to back his candidacy once again.

Meanwhile, organisers of a rally by Corbyn’s supporters planned for this evening have said they had to cancel it due to “too much demand” as the venue they booked is too small.

Cameron has said he will step down in the wake of the referendum’s ‘Leave’ result, and will leave office when his successor is chosen in early September.

With reporting from © AFP 2016 

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    Jul 9th 2021, 8:42 AM

    But why would you walk through that water in the subway of all places. Who knows what was washed down with that!

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    Jul 9th 2021, 8:47 AM

    @Richard: I’d rather take my chances climbing through a bin of tissues from the covid ward…

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    Jul 9th 2021, 11:35 AM

    @Richard: also water and electricity! No thanks

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    Jul 9th 2021, 8:29 AM

    Oh well, let’s add 50c to the price of petrol, shure won’t that stop it?

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    Jul 9th 2021, 8:40 AM

    @edward: chalk it down

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    Jul 9th 2021, 8:55 AM

    Does yer wan in the pink think the train is still going with all that water

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    Jul 9th 2021, 9:24 AM

    @Dawn Harvey: There’s literally a train arriving in the background.

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    Jul 9th 2021, 8:35 AM

    2-4 inches is massive.

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    Jul 9th 2021, 9:03 AM

    @Madra: Listen, could you call round the house and tell that to the wife, I’ve been saying that to her for the last 40 years and she won’t believe me!

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    Jul 9th 2021, 9:45 AM

    @Madra: keep telling your self that buddy!!

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    Jul 9th 2021, 10:36 AM

    @Madra: big softie so ya are

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    Jul 9th 2021, 1:24 PM

    @This time its personable!: ha ha that was the joke. I thrilled someone got it :)

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    Jul 9th 2021, 9:16 AM

    Elsa? Do you wanna flood a subway?

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    Jul 9th 2021, 9:11 AM

    I used that subway station every day until almost 7 years ago. Thank God I got out just in time

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    Jul 9th 2021, 10:30 AM

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    @Roy Dowling: I’m having discussions with myself right now actually. Its going well so far

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    Day After Tomorrow, its coming..

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    @Pauline Gallagher: When? Sunday?

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    Jul 9th 2021, 9:28 AM

    OMG I’d lose my life if the subway flooded.

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