Today's vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy. We are a democratic party, with a clear constitution. Our people need Labour Party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite behind my leadership at a critical time for our country." - Meaning and context.">
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"Labour MPs pass no-confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn", BBC News (28 June 2016).
• Corbyn lost a vote of confidence in the Parliamentary Labour Party by 172 to 40 MPs.
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I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today's vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy. We are a democratic party, with a clear constitution. Our people need Labour Party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite behind my leadership at a critical time for our country.

— Jeremy Corbyn

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I was democratically elected leader of our party for a new kind of politics by 60% of Labour members and supporters, and I will not betray them by resigning. Today's vote by MPs has no constitutional legitimacy. We are a democratic party, with a clear constitution. Our people need Labour Party members, trade unionists and MPs to unite behind my leadership at a critical time for our country." in the context of ""Labour MPs pass no-confidence motion in Jeremy Corbyn", BBC News (28 June 2016).
• Corbyn lost a vote of confidence in the Parliamentary Labour Party by 172 to 40 MPs." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Jeremy Corbyn

About Jeremy Corbyn

Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (born 26 May 1949) is a British independent politician who was formerly Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (September 2015–April 2020). He was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Islington North in 1983. At the July 2024 general election, he returned to parliament as an independent MP.