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Ex-minister Lord Warner resigns Labour whip Ex-minister Lord Warner resigns Labour whip
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Former Labour Health Minister Lord Warner has resigned the party whip in protest at the party's approach under new leader Jeremy Corbyn.Former Labour Health Minister Lord Warner has resigned the party whip in protest at the party's approach under new leader Jeremy Corbyn.
In his resignation letter, the peer said Labour was "no longer a credible party of government-in-waiting".In his resignation letter, the peer said Labour was "no longer a credible party of government-in-waiting".
It could regain power only by winning back former Labour voters, he wrote. Mr Corbyn was "highly unlikely" to win back lost Labour voters, he wrote.
Labour sources told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg the resignation was "ego-driven" and Lord Prescott said Lord Warner was "no great loss".Labour sources told BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg the resignation was "ego-driven" and Lord Prescott said Lord Warner was "no great loss".
Lord Warner served in Tony Blair's government and was made health minister in 2003, before leaving government in 2007.Lord Warner served in Tony Blair's government and was made health minister in 2003, before leaving government in 2007.
In his letter to Mr Corbyn, he wrote that he had resigned the Labour whip in the Lords and cancelled his party membership.In his letter to Mr Corbyn, he wrote that he had resigned the Labour whip in the Lords and cancelled his party membership.
"I shall not be joining any other political parties and will continue to argue for what I regard as progressive causes in both the Lords and in public. These are unlikely to be those you and your kindred spirits espouse," he said in the letter, first reported on in The Guardian."I shall not be joining any other political parties and will continue to argue for what I regard as progressive causes in both the Lords and in public. These are unlikely to be those you and your kindred spirits espouse," he said in the letter, first reported on in The Guardian.
'Declining quality''Declining quality'
"I have watched for some time the declining quality of the Labour Party's leadership but had not expected the calamitous decline achieved in 2015.""I have watched for some time the declining quality of the Labour Party's leadership but had not expected the calamitous decline achieved in 2015."
In a direct attack on Mr Corbyn, who won an overwhelming victory in the Labour leadership contest after the party's general election defeat, he added: "The approach of those around you and your own approach and policies is highly likely to worsen the decline in the Labour Party's credibility."In a direct attack on Mr Corbyn, who won an overwhelming victory in the Labour leadership contest after the party's general election defeat, he added: "The approach of those around you and your own approach and policies is highly likely to worsen the decline in the Labour Party's credibility."
He said he feared for Labour's future if Mr Corbyn's "supporting activists secure ever greater control of the party's apparatus and processes".He said he feared for Labour's future if Mr Corbyn's "supporting activists secure ever greater control of the party's apparatus and processes".
Lord Warner added: "Labour will only win another election with a policy approach that wins back people who have moved to voting Conservative and UKIP, as well as to the Greens and SNP.Lord Warner added: "Labour will only win another election with a policy approach that wins back people who have moved to voting Conservative and UKIP, as well as to the Greens and SNP.
"Your approach is highly unlikely to achieve this shift.""Your approach is highly unlikely to achieve this shift."
On Twitter, former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott said Lord Warner had in the past proposed charging people to use the NHS, adding: "No credibility. No great loss."On Twitter, former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott said Lord Warner had in the past proposed charging people to use the NHS, adding: "No credibility. No great loss."