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UK: Defiant McDonnell says Jeremy Corbyn would win Labour leadership vote
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01.07.2016
committee. Full stop."
Labour Party MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell called on fellow MPs in the party to "calm down" and do their jobs, during a press conference in London on Friday.
McDonnell said that party MPs, who in a recent no-confidence motion voted 172 to 40 against leader Jeremy Corbyn, should return to their jobs and think not only of the Labour Party but of the country too. Several MPs resigned from Corbyn's shadow cabinet at the start of the week in the wake of Britain's 'Brexit' referendum result, with the no confidence vote and calls for a fresh leadership ballot also taking place during the weke.
Shadow Chancellor McDonnell went on to stress that "Jeremy is the leader of the Labour Party, he’s staying leader of the Labour Party and if there is a challenge there’ll be a democratic election."
He refuted accusations that he himself was planning to oust Corbyn, saying that "if Jeremy is challenged and there’s a leadership campaign, I will chair his campaign committee. Full stop."
Labour Party MP and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell called on fellow MPs in the party to "calm down" and do their jobs, during a press conference in London on Friday.
McDonnell said that party MPs, who in a recent no-confidence motion voted 172 to 40 against leader Jeremy Corbyn, should return to their jobs and think not only of the Labour Party but of the country too. Several MPs resigned from Corbyn's shadow cabinet at the start of the week in the wake of Britain's 'Brexit' referendum result, with the no confidence vote and calls for a fresh leadership ballot also taking place during the weke.
Shadow Chancellor McDonnell went on to stress that "Jeremy is the leader of the Labour Party, he’s staying leader of the Labour Party and if there is a challenge there’ll be a democratic election."
He refuted accusations that he himself was planning to oust Corbyn, saying that "if Jeremy is challenged and there’s a leadership campaign, I will chair his campaign committee. Full stop."
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