
British Labour party leader Ed Miliband
More than 15 percent of Labour MPs in the UK are set to quit parliament before the next elections, amid doubts in Ed Miliband’s leadership of the party, a report says.
The report published by The Guardian on Saturday revealed that 30 Labour MPs, including 15 with ministerial experience, have announced that they are to stand down.In addition, a senior Labour party source said it expected that at least 10 additional MPs are to leave before next year’s general elections, leaving the proportion of those stepping down at 15.5 percent of the parliamentary party.
According to the report, many of the Labour MPs are leaving in response to what they see as the uninspiring character of Miliband. Among those who have announced their retirement are former Home Secretary David Blunkett and ex-Health Secretary Frank Dobson.
In addition, former Chancellor Alistair Darling and the shadow International Development Secretary Jim Murphy are reportedly considering stepping down.
Darling, who is leading a campaign against independence for Scotland, has earlier said that he would decide on the move shortly after Scotland’s referendum next month.
This comes as polls have shown that party supporters want Miliband to step down as party leader before next year’s general elections.
A recent poll by Ipsos MORI showed that some 49 percent of the public believe Miliband should quit as the Labour leader, while only 22 percent believed the party leader is “ready to be prime minister.”
Britain’s general elections is scheduled to be held on May 7, 2015
The Labour party is almost the Muslim Labour party, just look at how many Muslim MPS there are in the Labour party, they are everywhere, and just maybe the Labour MPS that are leaving have just about had enough of taking a back seat to having to put Muslims first, maybe they are sick to death at all the Mosques being built, and just maybe they are sick and tired of being in a party that used to be for the working class White, that has now been replaced with Muslims.