Advertisement

Corbyn Heckled Over EU Vote: 'It's Your Fault'

Jeremy Corbyn has been heckled at a gay pride event and told to resign over not being able to get Labour voters in Wales, the Midlands and the North to back Remain.

He was tackled by a Twitter user Tom Mauchline who posted the videos of his encounters on his feed.

As Mr Corbyn is surrounded by a group of minders, Mr Mauchline approaches him and shouts: "It's your fault Jeremy. When are you resigning? I've got a Polish friend in tears because you couldn't get out the vote in Wales, the North and the Midlands."

As Mr Corbyn avoids engaging the heckler before finally saying "I did all I could", before one of his minders steps in front and says: "It's the Murdoch press..."

But Mr Mauchline continues to ask him about resignation, shouting "You ran on a platform of mobilising ... working class votes and you failed", Mr Corbyn continues to refuse to engage and steps away.

Earlier, he said he will not stand aside if a leadership contest is held to challenge his position in the Labour Party.

When asked by Sky's Sophy Ridge if he will run again for leader in the event a challenger comes forward, he told supporters: "Yes. I am here."

On Friday, following a performance in the campaign to support Remain that many felt was lacklustre, two senior Labour MPs submitted a no-confidence motion in their party leader.

Party insiders have said that the motion, filed by Dame Margaret Hodge and seconded by Ann Coffey, is supported by several MPs.

Labour former cabinet minister Dame Tessa Jowell has also backed the call for a vote of no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

She told Sky News Tonight: "I think it's unlikely to succeed, but the fact is at the moment we have more than nine million, at the last election, Labour voters who are largely unrepresented.

"Jeremy is very much the leader of the Labour Party - 600,000 members.

"What we have to do is to broaden the conversation that Labour has with Labour supporting people, who so desperately need a Labour government across the country and I don't think we are doing that at the moment, as the referendum showed."

Sky's Jason Farrell said Mr Corbyn is refusing to stand down because he believes he has a massive mandate due to the number of Labour members who voted for him.

A petition in support of Mr Corbyn has so far gathered 148,000 signatures.

Mr Corbyn spent much of his speech earlier examining what had caused the UK to vote to leave and saying what Labour's response would be.

He said Labour's immigration policy would have to change as a result of the vote.

He told an audience of supporters: "We can't duck the issue of immigration. It clearly was a factor. Instead we need to start an honest and rational debate.

"We cannot talk about the issue of immigration as something separate from its economic and social context.

"It is clear from the conversations that I and many others have streets around the country that immigration is a crucial issue for a lot of people.

"Politicians are often accused of being afraid to talk about. I am certainly not.

"I believe that migration has enriched our country, our culture and our communities, and I want to thank those people that have come here.

"We have to move beyond the ... debate (of which) we have sometimes been afraid, or accusing people being little Englanders or racists just because the raise the issue."

He said the Leave side in the referendum debate had not offered an alternative to the EU's policy of free movement of labour.

"Policies on trade, economy and migration will have to change in light of the referendum vote," he said. "But that cannot be left to the likes of Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and Michael Gove.

"We will be discussing migration."