Tessa Jowell issued a direct plea to Jeremy Corbyn to stand down as Labour's leadership crisis continued today.
The former culture secretary told ITV's Good Morning Britain that the Labour leader was putting the party's future in jeopardy.
Baroness Jowell described the leadership crisis as a "complete shambles" and said it was a "statement of the obvious" that Mr Corbyn must stand down.
Speaking down the camera directly to Mr Corbyn she said: "Jeremy, you love the Labour Party like I do and the Labour Party has given you every opportunity that you have been able to exercise to make life for your constituents better.
"You and I are in the same position in relation to that but it is absolutely clear that your continued leadership is putting the Labour Party's future in jeopardy and denying millions of people in our country who so desperately need representation by a Labour government the chance of that Labour government.
"So I ask you to follow the strongest possible view of the parliamentary party and stand down."
Asked what is going on in her party, she said: "It is a complete shambles and it is a statement of the obvious that Jeremy has got to stand down and allow a new leader to rebuild the party."
She said the notion of a Labour government in the future seemed "a rather distant prospect" and called the current situation the "worst crisis" in her 45 years as a member of the party.
The ex-Cabinet minister also said it was not clear whether Mr Corbyn would be automatically on the ballot of any leadership election because of doubt over whether he has the support of enough MPs.
Pushed to offer names of potential leadership candidates, she said MPs currently in the frame for the leadership were Tom Watson, Angela Eagle and Yvette Cooper.
