Watch the moment Jeremy Corbyn is confronted at Pride by an angry heckler blaming him for Brexit
The Labour leader was told to resign by party members as he faces a vote of no confidence from his own MPs
JEREMY Corbyn was blamed for the UK backing Brexit by angry hecklers at a Pride march in London today.
The Labour leader was told to resign by party members as he faces a vote of no confidence from his own MPs.
And he was attacked for a “cynical attempt” to use the LGBT community to help stave off the threats to his position.
He gave a speech this morning on immigration and suggested he would fight any challenges to his authority.
But despite insisting he did all he could to prevent Britain leaving the European Union he was met with dissatisfied supporters at the LBGT parade in the capital.
In a video posted to Twitter, Tom Mauchline shouted: "It's your fault, Jeremy. When are you resigning? You need to resign."
Mr Corbyn can initially be seen smiling, before replying: "I did all I could."
He then walks away from the exchange on the fringes of the event.
Mr Mauchline can also be heard saying: "I had a Polish friend in tears because you couldn't get out the vote in Wales, the North and the Midlands."
He later said: "I didn't come here intending to do this. I didn't know he was going to be there.
“We were given 15 minutes' notice that he was coming and it made me so angry.
“It just seemed like a cynical attempt to use the LGBT community to shore up his weak leadership."
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Afterwards, Mauchline spoke to , saying: “He turned up for a photo and lots of people were really annoyed, and lots of people there were really angry.”
“We were really annoyed because we blame him for the places that voted Out.
“Those were meant to be our people and it was very clear he didn’t want to do anything [during the referendum] and there was no support from infrastructure.
“I was genuinely just so angry. And as Jeremy would say: Pride is a protest.”
There were also reports on social media that he was heckled elsewhere at the parade.
Labour’s Lord Collins, who was on the march, tweeted to say he was “disappointed” he left without talking to members.
Mr Corbyn faces a vote of no confidence next week after a proposal submitted by former minister Dame Margaret Hodge.
Some Labour MPs have criticised the leader for what they perceive to have been a lacklustre performance during the referendum campaign.
Asked after a speech earlier this morning whether he would stand should a leadership contest be triggered, Mr Corbyn responded: "Yes, I'm here, thank you."
