Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), responding to the resignations of several Labour MPs from the shadow cabinet, said:
“Trade unionists and Labour Party members will be baffled and angry about these resignations that appear to have been coordinated to cause maximum damage. It is bizarre that some of the MPs making the loudest criticism of Jeremy Corbyn over the referendum completely failed to convince the electorate in their own constituencies.
“Following the referendum, Labour should be setting out policies to defend jobs, public services and wages as an exit from the EU is negotiated. Instead, some Labour MPs are playing irresponsible and silly games from their Westminster bubble. They should respect the overwhelming democratic mandate which Jeremy Corbyn achieved only last September.”
