JEREMY Corbyn is not up to the job of leading Labour and needs to step aside, some party activists have said.

The opposition leader faces a vote of no confidence from his own MPs today and a likely leadership challenge.

Twenty-three of his 31 shadow ministers have resigned since Sunday.

Rachel Rogers, former Labour candidate for Dorset’s police and crime commissioner, said: “Surely his position now is untenable. He must realise he hasn’t got the support of the parliamentary Labour party. They’re the people who represent not just members but people across the country.

“The only thing that can be keeping him in place is his own hubris and really he needs to start thinking about the country and not about himself.”

Former Kinson councillor Dennis Gritt said the aftermath of the referendum vote had been “a disaster for democracy, both for the Tories and for us”.

He added: “I have to say that I’ve never been a fan of Jeremy. I didn’t vote for him and I think the chickens have come home to roost. Although he’s a dedicated, honest man he hasn’t got the charisma needed to take on such a role.

“I think while we may have picked up a few votes when Jeremy was elected, if we were to go into a general election, I don’t think we would get the votes we need.”

Bournemouth Labour Party chairman Patrick Canavan said the infighting should stop.

“It’s causing massive disruption and it’s the last thing the Labour party needs,” he said.

He said of Mr Corbyn’s future: “He has to make a judgement about it. However, he wants to stay and is determined to repay the loyalty and his debt to the people who elected him. There comes a point at which this is hugely damaging to the Labour Party.

“The county needs leadership and it’s not getting it from the government. It’s not getting it from the people who led us into Brexit because they’ve gone to ground and Cameron is disappearing, saying we’re not going to do anything until October.

“Meanwhile, the powers that be in Brussels are getting a bit tetchy and restless. For the country, it’s just awful.”

Yesterday Mr Corbyn rounded on his own party in the House of Commons, saying: “Our country is divided. The country will thank neither the benches in front of me nor those behind for indulging in internal factional manoeuvring at this time.”

Economic turmoil in the wake of the Brexit continued yesterday, with trading in Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland Shared automatically halted for five minutes as they fell 11 per cent and 14 per cent respectively.