Jeremy Corbyn, Britain’s opposition Labour Party Leader, on Tuesday in London said he would not resign after Members of Parliament in his party overwhelmingly passed a motion of no confidence in his leadership.
Report says a total of 172 Labour Members of Parliament voted to support a motion of no confidence in Corbyn.
He had insisted that he was a democratically elected leader of Labour Party for a new kind of politics by 60 per cent of Labour members and supporters.
Corbyn said he would not betray the the electorates that voted him in by resigning.
He said the vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy.
Reuters/NAN.
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