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Jeremy Corbyn sacks Hilary Benn from shadow cabinet
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 25, 2016 09:59pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Daniel Boffey |
| News Date | Sunday, June 26, 2016 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Jeremy Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn in the early hours of Sunday morning after the Observer revealed that the shadow foreign secretary was preparing to lead a coup against the Labour leader.
It is understood that Benn had called fellow MPs over the weekend to suggest that he would ask Corbyn to stand down if there was significant support for a move against him. He had also asked shadow cabinet colleagues to join him in resigning if Corbyn ignored that request. A spokesman for Benn declined to comment.
Corbyn informed Benn, the son of his former mentor, Tony Benn, at 1am on Sunday that he was sacking him because he had lost the Labour leader’s trust, a spokesman said.
It is understood that an overwhelming majority of members of the shadow cabinet still believe that Corbyn should quit, in the wake of millions of Labour voters ignoring their leader’s advice to vote in favour of Britain’s continued membership of the EU, and amid the possibility of an early general election. |
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