Pat Glass’s dream job of being Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary lasted just 2 days. Her appointment came in light during a wave of resignations by Labour MPs seeking a change in leadership. She replaced Lucy Powell, who stepped down on Monday after saying Mr Corbyn's position as Labour Party leader had become "untenable". But just a day in yesterday, Ms Glass announced that she would not be standing for re-election as an MP at the next general election following death threats against her. And today, she has said that with a heavy heart she is standing down from the shadow cabinet because Jeremy Corbyn’s situation is "untenable”, though she said the leader was "decent, principled and kind".  

On Twitter, her resignation was met with a series of angry tweets from people declaring support for Mr Corbyn. They threatened to deselect her and called her decision "disgusting". Ms Glass had been shadow minister for Europe and a shadow junior education minister and described the post of shadow education secretary as her "dream job". She served as a member of the education select committee during the coalition government between 2010 and 2015. Ms Glass becomes the first member of Mr Corbyn's new-look Shadow Cabinet to stand down themselves. The Labour leader lost a vote of no confidence among the Parliamentary Labour Party on Tuesday by 172 votes to 40. But Mr Corbyn has said he will carry on as leader regardless, saying that to resign would be to let down the 60% of Labour members who voted him in nine months ago.