The British Labour Party's influential deputy leader Tom Watson said he is to hold emergency talks with Mr Corbyn tomorrow to "discuss the way forward" after nine members of the shadow cabinet announced they were resigning - with more expected to follow.
As the fall-out from the EU referendum vote continued to engulf the party, eight members of the shadow cabinet announced they were walking out - with more expected to follow...
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Scottish leader may try to block 'Brexit' as turmoil spreads...
ReplyDeleteBritain faced unending political chaos Sunday as Scotland's leader declared the Scottish parliament might try to block Britain's exit from the European Union and lawmakers in the opposition Labour Party revolted against their chief for his lacklustre efforts to convince British voters to stay in the bloc.
On the continent, European leaders stepped up the pressure on Britain to begin its extrication from the 28-nation EU immediately rather than wait several months as British Prime Minister David Cameron prefers. Cameron, head of the failed 'remain' side in Britain's historic referendum, announced Friday that he will step down by October and will not take part in the negotiations with the EU.
As at least eight top Labour figures resigned Sunday in protest, party leader Jeremy Corbyn could even become the next senior figure on the 'remain side' to lose his job.
The U.K-wide vote to leave the EU was very unpopular in Scotland, where 62 per cent voted to stay, and Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon said Sunday that she would consider advising the Scottish Parliament to try to block the move by withholding its "legislative consent" for a British exit, often called a Brexit.
"If the Scottish Parliament was judging this on the basis of what's right for Scotland, then the option of saying 'We're not going to vote for something that is against Scotland's interests,' of course, that is on the table," she said of the possibility of withholding consent..AP....ctvnews.ca