Corb faces Jexit

JEREMY Clarkson mocked Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn last night after 10 of his Shadow Cabinet minsters quit in disgust.

The former Top Gear presenter tweeted: “Everyone called Jeremy gets sacked eventually.”

Mr Corbyn was in turmoil after his bid to crush a leadership coup sparked all-out revolt and left him a dead man walking.

The chaos began when he fired Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn in a 1am phone call for slamming his poor Remain campaign. But the move backfired when 10 others in his top team quit – with more frontbenchers set to follow.

Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander was the first to jump in protest over the sacking of Mr Benn.

Then came Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell, Shadow Justice Secretary Lord Falconer, Shadow Environment Secretary Kerry McCarthy and Shadow Minister For Young People Gloria De Piero.

They were followed by Shadow Transport Secretary Lilian Greenwood, Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Vernon Coaker, Shadow Chief Secretary To The Treasury Seema Malhotra, Shadow Attorney General Karl Turner and Shadow Commons leader Chris Bryant.

Mr Benn said: “At this critical time for our country, following the result of the EU referendum, we need strong and effective leadership of the Labour Party that is capable of winning public support so that we can stand up for the people of Britain.

“In a phone call I told him that for these reasons I had lost confidence in his ability to lead the party and he then dismissed me from the Shadow Cabinet.”

Bookies Ladbrokes gave odds-on of 4-5 that Mr Corbyn would get the sack his year and 2-1 he would go by midnight tonight.

Last night, Mr Corbyn said he refused to quit and said if there was a new vote for Labour leader, he would stand again.

Meanwhile, Deputy Leader Tom Watson spent the night partying until 4am at Glastonbury. He was photographed downing a can of cider in a muddy field.

But yesterday morning he was seen looking at his mobile phone in shock.

He said he was “deeply disappointed” by Mr Benn’s sacking and “equally saddened” by the resignations.

He said he would meet Mr Corbyn today to “discuss the way forward”.

Mr Corbyn faces being ousted just days after David Cameron quit as the PM.

He stepped down last Friday after news broke that Britain had voted for Brexit and his Remain campaign had failed.