LABOUR MP Peter Kyle has said his leader's position has been "terminally weakened" after several members of his shadow cabinet resigned yesterday.

The Hove MP spoke to The Argus as pressure mounted on Jeremy Corbyn to resign in the wake of EU referendum result.

Mr Kyle, who ruled himself out running for leadership, said: "Corbyn is weak and his position has been weakened, possibly terminally weakened.

"I want to make sure there are people better positioned to win people's trust and lead the country out of this disgraceful turmoil.

"I have never been a fan of Corbyn and have always been honest about that, but I have also been open to being won over [by him].

"I haven't seen evidence that we are winning over the numbers of people and breadth of society we need to reach.

"Either he steps up radically or we need to find someone who can."

Supporters of Mr Corbyn have praised his principled nature, but My Kyle said: "Values and principles count for nothing in politics unless we can win an election and change people's lives."

Mr Kyle would not be drawn on who he would like to see as the next Labour leader but said there are a few people who have "huge leadership potential".

In the early hours of Sunday Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn, fearing his shadow foreign secretary would plot against him.

By the time of going to press last night a further several members of the shadow cabinet had resigned in protest at Corbyn's leadership.

A vote of no confidence, set for Tuesday, is expected to pass, putting more pressure on the Labour leader.

The shockwaves following the Brexit vote continued to reverberate around Europe over the weekend.

The fight for the Conservative leadership also ramped up, with Tory MPs beginning to pick their sides.

Although nobody has formally put their name forward Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Thersa May are understood to be favourites.

Yesterday afternoon Boris Johnson and Theresa May were being encouraged to strike a deal to form a "united leadership" for the country and the Tory party.

Away from the leadership battles, Nicola Sturgeon warned she would consider asking Holyrood to block the UK's departure from Europe if MSPs are required to give formal backing for Brexit

The First Minister said if the Scottish Parliament has to give its consent, she would "of course" consider asking MSPs not to do this.

In Scotland 62 per cent of people voted to stay in the European Union (EU), a situation in stark contrast with the result of the UK-wide vote, which saw 52 per cent opt to leave.

With the UK now "in turmoil", the SNP leader said she would "find it hard to believe" that Holyrood would not be required to back the UK leaving the EU.

But Scottish Secretary David Mundell said he did not think the Scottish Parliament would be "in a position to block Brexit".

In Europe, Germany's foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has demand a rapid application from London to start exit talks.

Mr Altmaier told German radio: "I tend to think that the application will be filed in the coming weeks or months, possibly only by a new government. We should all wait calmly for that".

European parliament president Martin Schulz struck a much more bullish tone, expecting Britain to set out its plans at Tuesday's EU meeting.

Meanwhile there were reports that immigrants had been abused in towns and cities around the country in the wake of the vote.

Baroness Warsi blamed the "divisive and xenophobic" Brexit campaign and urged Brexit backers to speak out to reassure the nation.

She said: "I've spent most of the weekend talking to organisations, individuals and activists who work in the area of race hate crime, who monitor hate crime, and they have shown some really disturbing early results from people being stopped in the street and saying look, we voted Leave, it's time for you to leave.

"And they are saying this to individuals and families who have been here for three, four, five generations. The atmosphere on the street is not good."