UK Labour leader Corbyn faces all-out revolt, as 10 shadow ministers resign over Brexit

Britain’s opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn faced an all-out revolt Sunday with the resignation of at least 10 members of his top team over his handling of the EU referendum campaign.

Corbyn’s allies said the party chief had no intention of resigning, but his future looked shaky amid accusations that he is ill-equipped to deal with the fallout from Britain’s seismic decision to quit the bloc.

“He’s a good and decent man but he is not a leader, and that’s the problem,” Labour MP Hilary Benn told BBC television after being sacked as foreign affairs spokesman late Saturday after telling Corbyn he did not have confidence in his leadership.

His departure triggered a wave of resignations, including health spokeswoman Heidi Alexander, education spokeswoman Lucy Powell, Scottish spokesman Ian Murray and transport spokeswoman Lilian Greenwood.

By Sunday evening 10 members of Corby’s top team had quit, also including justice spokesman Lord Charles Falconer, who was a close friend of former Labour leader Tony Blair, whom he served as Lord Chancellor.

“As much as I respect you as a man of principle, I do not believe you have the capacity to shape the answers our country is demanding,” Alexander wrote in her resignation letter to Corbyn, which she published on Twitter.

One third of Labour voters chose to leave the European Union in Thursday’s historic vote, against the advice of the majority of the party’s MPs and the leadership.

Critics say Corbyn - who for decades had expressed eurosceptic views - could have done more to sway voters.