UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has lost a motion of no-confidence in his leadership over Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU).
In a dramatic development on Tuesday, a total of 172 Labour MPs voted against Corbyn and only 40 in favor out of 229 Labour lawmakers in the House of Commons lower house.
The vote came following mass resignations from the shadow cabinet and calls on Corbyn to quit.
Corbyn has been accused of not doing enough in favor of the Remain campaign to stop the British exit from the EU, a bloc that the United Kingdom joined more than 40 years ago.
But the veteran Labour leader insisted he would not stand down over the Brexit, saying he will not “betray the trust” of his voters and that he would have to be defeated in a democratic election.
“I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60 percent of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today’s vote by…