Dear Gordon…

From @LabourList

Below is the text from the email circulating amongst backbench Labour MPs tonight:

Dear Gordon,

Over the last 12 years in government, and before, you have made an enormous contribution to this country and to the Labour Party, and this is widely acknowledged. However, we are writing now because we believe that in the current political situation, you can best serve the Labour Party and the country by stepping down as party leader and Prime Minister and so allowing the party to find a new leader to take us into the next general election.

Yours,

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