Angry Labour backlash after Jeremy Corbyn refuses to take blame for election disaster or set departure date
Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the single interview he gave, Mr Corbyn also spoke of his “pride” in Labour’s rejected manifesto and protested against the media’s “personal abuse”, while insisting: “I’ve done everything I could.” However, exit polling demolished his defence, revealing that far more voters turned against Labour because of its leader than because of its pro-referendum Brexit policy. Go back to your student politics.” Lord Blunkett attacked “the clique that runs the Labour Party”, demanding an interim leader – he suggested Hilary Benn – take over from Mr Corbyn immediately. Mr Khan also blamed the “catastrophic” defeat on Mr Corbyn’s leadership and his “repeated failure to tackle antisemitism”, calling on him to resign “quickly”. “Since I became leader the membership has more than doubled and the party has developed a very serious and fully costed manifesto.” Arguing he had “received more personal abuse than any other leader”, Mr Corbyn added: “This election was ultimately taken over by Brexit.” Some drew a sharp contrast with Ed Miliband, who resigned immediately after losing in 2015, saying: “I take absolute and total responsibility for our defeat.”
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