ONE of the MPs behind the coup to remove Jeremy Corbyn was plotting to oust the Labour leader before he was even elected, an activist revealed yesterday.

Ian Murray, Labour’s only remaining MP in Scotland who quit as shadow Scottish secretary on Sunday along with other front-bench putschists, claimed to have “always supported” Mr Corbyn and regarded him as “a kind, principled and genuinely decent man.”

Mr Murray, linked to the scheming right-wing Progress faction of the party, said his decision to resign “has been one of the most difficult positions I have taken” but believed that Labour could only win again under new leadership.