Some Labour MPs have told the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party that Ed Miliband should stand down, sources have told the BBC.

One backbencher said he had called for the leader to go, and had been told by a colleague that he had done likewise.

Another said he was sure lots of MPs were making the same request of the PLP's chairman, MP Dave Watts.

Amid increasingly vocal discontent, Mr Miliband intends to attempt a fightback later on Thursday.

It is understood his leadership was also openly questioned at a meeting of Labour MPs from the north west of England earlier this week.

Sources say they discussed moving to a defensive strategy in a bid to hold on to their seats, rather than fight an offensive one aimed winning the election.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29935172

I TOLD THIS BOARD 3 YEARS AGO THAT HE WAS UN-ELECTABLE.

In The Know (as always) wrote:
Some Labour MPs have told the chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party that Ed Miliband should stand down, sources have told the BBC.

One backbencher said he had called for the leader to go, and had been told by a colleague that he had done likewise.

Another said he was sure lots of MPs were making the same request of the PLP's chairman, MP Dave Watts.

Amid increasingly vocal discontent, Mr Miliband intends to attempt a fightback later on Thursday.

It is understood his leadership was also openly questioned at a meeting of Labour MPs from the north west of England earlier this week.

Sources say they discussed moving to a defensive strategy in a bid to hold on to their seats, rather than fight an offensive one aimed winning the election.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29935172

I TOLD THIS BOARD 3 YEARS AGO THAT HE WAS UN-ELECTABLE.

If we bring back IDS and Hague it'll be a fair contest!

'Another, by YouGov for the Sunday Times, suggested Mr Miliband was less popular than his Liberal Democrat counterpart Nick Clegg.'

Now that's low!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29946827

Labour's Diane Abbott said Mr Miliband was "not going anywhere".

Meanwhile, two polls have suggested Scottish Labour is on course to lose most of its Westminster seats to the SNP.

Another, by YouGov for the Sunday Times, suggested Mr Miliband was less popular than his Liberal Democrat counterpart Nick Clegg.

Sources say MPs from north-west England discussed moving to a defensive strategy in a bid to hold on to their seats, rather than an offensive one aimed at winning the election.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29946827

The damage is done !

How can they hope to convince the public to vote for him when his own MPs think he is useless ?