A dozen Labour shadow ministers resigned on Sunday, and another half dozen have quit on Monday, in protest of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's firing of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, who told Corbyn he's lost confidence in his leadership. Labour officials also accuse Corbyn of only tepidly supporting the push to remain in the EU, and Labour MPs will likely hold a secret-ballot vote of no confidence in Corbyn on Tuesday. Labour is currently Britain's official opposition party.
Corbyn, who was elected last September and says he will run again for leader if the MPs oust him, named a new shadow cabinet on Monday. On Sunday's Andrew Marr Show, Benn called Corbyn "a good and decent man but he is not a leader." Shadow chancellor John McDonnell disagreed Monday, and you can watch his defense of Corbyn to the BBC's Andrew Neil below. Peter Weber
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