Over 200,000 Sign Petition to Back Corbyn’s Leadership of UK Labour Party

More than 230,000 people have signed a petition to back Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the UK Labour Party in a bid to stop his resignation after the majority of Britons voted to leave the bloc.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — In a referendum last week, the UK nation backed leaving the European Union. Following the referendum, over 40 Labour Shadow Cabinet members submitted their resignations, expressing doubt that Corbyn would deliver victory over the ruling Conservative Party.

"Make your voice heard against the Blairites and keep Jeremy as rightful leader of the Labour party," the public petition, published on the 38 Degrees website, reads.

According to the petition, people don't want Corbyn to resign "despite how they voted in the [Brexit] referendum."

The petition, launched on Saturday, aims to gather at least 300,000 signatures.

Corbyn, a campaigner for the so-called Remain vote in the Brexit referendum, lost a no confidence vote, after an 80-percent party majority voted against him on Tuesday. Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said, following the vote, that Corbyn should consider stepping down, however, the Labour leader has so far refused to resign.