'Dear Jeremy' is the new 'Dear John' letter for Labour members after Brexit vote
LONDON -- The Labour Party is in disarray. Over the weekend, 12 shadow cabinet figures resigned in protest over the leadership of party leader Jeremy Corbyn after the Brexit vote.
Thirteen more shadow secretaries, frontbenchers and ministers stood down on Monday, criticising Corbyn's performance in the referendum on Britain's membership in the European Union, and hitting back at his decision to sack shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.
The opposition leader has now announced a new cabinet in which key allies have been promoted to important positions in the shadow cabinet.
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But before that, Corbyn had to read more than a dozen letters of resignation, all starting with the formula "Dear Jeremy...".
See it yourself:
1. Heidi Alexander, ex-shadow Secretary of State for Health
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2. Yvonne Fovargue, ex-shadow minister for Consumer Affairs & Science
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3. Steve Reed, ex-shadow minister for Local Government
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4. Toby Perkins, ex-shadow armed forces minister
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5. Anna Turley, ex-shadow minister for Civil Society
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6. Chris Bryant, ex-shadow Commons leader
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7. Karl Turner, ex-shadow Attorney General
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8. Seema Malhotra, number two in the shadow Treasury team
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9. Lucy Powell, ex-shadow Education Secretary
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10. Stephen Kinnock, ex-shadow first secretary of state and secretary of state for business
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11. Jess Philips, parliamentary private secretary in shadow education team
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12. Roberta Blackman-Woods, ex frontbencher
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13. Angela Eagle, ex-shadow business secretary:
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14. John Healey, ex-shadow secretary for housing and planning
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