Jeremy Corbyn 'storms out' of party as rowdy MPs chant 'We want Tony'

Jeremy Corbyn walked out of a Christmas karaoke occasion for Labour MPs the place they sang Tony Blair's 1997 Election-winning anthem Issues Can Solely Get Higher accompanied by chants of: 'We Need Tony!'

The humiliated Opposition chief left as MPs insulted him on the noisy booze-up. Additionally they sang The Beatles' Again In The united states – an assault on him for failing to take a harder line over Russia's bombing of Aleppo in Syria – and Madonna's Like A Virgin, a dig at his ridiculed declare to have been compelled to sit down on the ground of a crowded Virgin prepare.

Dozens of Labour MPs joined arms to sing D-Ream's Issues Can Solely Get Higher and used their very own secret 'anti-Corbyn' WhatsApp messaging system to mock him and Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, defiantly posting a video of themselves in full voice.

In concord: feminine Labour MPs on the karaoke occasion included from left, Jess Phillips, who as soon as instructed Diane Abbott to 'f*** off'; Stella Creasy, who has claimed Labour is 'operating on empty'; Lucy Powell, who has stated Corbyn was 'brutally uncovered' within the EU referendum; and anti-Semitic hate sufferer Luciana Berger

The karaoke revolt was a part of a Labour 'Christmas Rebellion' towards Mr Corbyn final week as: 

• A Labour peer urged to his face he ought to comply with the lead of unpopular French Socialist president Francois Hollande – and stop.
• At a thinly attended assembly of his demoralised Shadow Cupboard, a glum Mr Corbyn stated it was faster to call the folks current than checklist who was absent.
• A Labour MP revealed his contempt for Corbyn in a impolite Christmas card to the occasion chief.

The karaoke occasion occurred on Tuesday on the Westminster Kitchen bar and grill, certainly one of Mr Corbyn's favorite haunts. Attended by about 60 Labour MPs, he hoped the sing-song would restore concord with backbench critics. However it led to a musical protest and complaints from indignant residents about noise.

MPs LET RIP... 

MPs posted messages on social media from the occasion venue, a restaurant owned by Corbyn's good friend Ibrahim 'Kebab King' Dogus, beneath.

'Jeremy and co left after I sang Again In The united states and everybody sang Issues Can Solely Get Higher.'

Ilford South MP Mike Gapes, 11.08pm

'Let's ask John McDonnell to sing Cash For Nothing.'

Edinburgh South MP Ian Murray, eight.31pm

Mike Gapes sang Again In The united states – a jibe at Corbyn's pro-Russian sympathies. Gapes, who has beforehand referred to as on Corbyn to present an unambiguous condemnation of Russia's bombing of Syria, declared: 'I dedicate this tune to the downfall of the Soviet Union. It's by no means been extra topical!' Gapes later boasted he had sparked Corbyn's walkout. Whereas Corbyn and McDonnell glad-handed MPs in a appeal offensive, one other anti-Corbyn MP, Ian Murray, used Whats-App to goad McDonnell, accused of spendthrift insurance policies – joking: 'Let's ask John McDonnell to sing [Dire Straits'] Cash For Nothing!'

When Edinburgh MP Murray and Stoke MP Ruth Smeeth grabbed the microphone and sang Issues Can Solely Get Higher, dozens of fellow average MPs joined a rousing refrain. One shouted: 'We would like Tony!' Corbyn and McDonnell, along with Corbyn cronies Baroness Chakrabarti and Left-wing MP Richard Burgon, had exited amid jeers.

Murray resigned from Labour's Entrance Bench this yr with a devastating assault on Corbyn. Smeeth was focused by pro-Corbyn, anti-Semitic trolls. Labour MP Mary Glindon sang Like A Virgin and teased Corbyn for refusing to hitch in, saying: 'Go on Jeremy, sing I Did It My Manner.'

Considerably, Corbyn's deputy, Tom Watson, a relentless thorn in his facet, stayed on on the occasion.

Different Labour MPs on the occasion included Lucy Powell, who stated Corbyn was 'brutally uncovered' within the EU referendum; anti-Semitic hate sufferer Luciana Berger; Stella Creasy, who has claimed Labour is 'operating on empty' and Jess Phillips who as soon as instructed Diane Abbott to 'f*** off'.

Westminster Kitchen proprietor, Kurdish-born Ibrahim Dogus, often called London's 'Kebab King', is a longstanding Labour supporter and good friend of the occasion chief. MPs partied in direction of midnight, and the foods and drinks invoice got here to greater than £three,00zero.

LABOUR MP SENDS CORBYN A VERY UNSEASONAL GREETING 

The message inside this card makes it exhausting to consider that Neil Coyle was one of many MPs who nominated Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour management.

Little greater than a yr later, he writes to Corbyn: 'I hope you've gotten a greater Christmas than Labour's ballot rankings.'

The Bermondsey MP has stated he regrets nominating Corbyn, whose staff put Coyle, 37, on a 'hit checklist' of critics this summer season.

Corbyn confronted extra abuse at a packed assembly with Labour friends when ex-union chief Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe instructed him to emulate Francois Hollande who just isn't standing for re-election as France's president after dire ballot rankings. 'Francois Hollande has determined to face down within the pursuits of his occasion,' stated Brooke, who was ennobled by Blair. 'What do you concentrate on that?'

Labour sources stated there was an 'excruciating silence' when greater than half his Shadow Cupboard failed to show up for a gathering final week.

A glum Corbyn stated: 'It's faster to learn out the names of people who find themselves right here than those who've given their apologies for not coming.' Corbyn's workplace denied he had stormed out of the occasion and insisted the Shadow Cupboard assembly had been 'effectively attended'. 

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