UK Labour Party is heading towards an election, where a majority of the members of the parliament (MPs) sided with the challenger Owen Smith, who has vowed to campaign for a second referendum after Britain’s exit terms becomes clear. Most of the MPs even voted against incumbent leader Jeremy Corbyn in a no-confidence vote. They accuse that Mr. Corbyn didn’t campaign hard enough to avert the exit outcome in June 23rd referendum.

However, the blame that has been used to oust Jeremy Corbyn is somewhat baseless. The result may not have been much different, even if he campaigned a lot more.

Post-referendum data crunching shows,

• 58 percent of those who voted for the conservative party in 2015 election voted in favor of leaving the European Union and 96 percent of the UKIP supporters voted to leave. Compared to that, 37 percent of those who voted for the UK Labour Party in 2015 election voted in favor of an exit.
   
• In addition to that, a survey by Lord Ashcroft polls shows around 57 percent of the voters has already made up their mind on how to vote, even before the campaign began or the date was announced.

The data and the survey show there wasn’t much for Mr. Corbyn to do which means the challenge can very well be called a coup.