United Kingdom’s Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has refused to step down even after he lost a no-confidence vote, where only 40 members of the parliament (MPs) voted in favor and 172 voted against. In addition to that, 50 MPs have quit senior positions and 20 of them from the front bench. That no confidence vote, however, was non-binding so doesn’t automatically calls for an election. He said, “I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60 per cent of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning”. Those who voted against him accuse him of not campaigning hard enough to urge Britons to vote in favor of the “Remain”. In the referendum he lent his support to the “Remain” camp, however, his past records show that he has not been a major supporter of the European Union. In 1975 referendum, he voted against British membership of the European Union.
Mr. Corbyn has continued to stay on because he is largely expected to win an election because a major chunk of his supporters lies outside the parliament. Even then he is likely to face an election within next two months, which can be called once at least 50 MPs rally behind a challenger.
Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn have become one of the biggest victims in UK politics and the divided party is fighting among themselves at a time when they should challenge the positions of the conservatives as well as set out their own vision of the way forward for the United Kingdom.
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