'Stand in the middle of the road and you get run over in both directions': Furious Labour MPs and councillors attack Jeremy Corbyn as party loses scores of seats amid Brexit backlash Labour lost control of three councils, with nearly 80 councillors booted out Both remainers and leavers in the party blame its confusing stance on Brexit Corbyn apologised over the result and partly accepts Brexit is to blameBy Richard Spillett for MailOnline Published: 10:12 BST, 3 May 2019 | Updated: 10:35 BST, 3 May 2019 Viewcomments Jeremy Corbyn came under fire from both leave and remain supporters in his own party today as Labour lost scores of council seats. The party failed to gain votes from leavers, due to its perceived blocking of Brexit, or from remainers, due to its reluctance to back a second referendum. By 10am this morning, Labour had lost three councils and nearly 80 seats nationwide. MP for Redcar Anna Turley tweeted: 'Stand in the middle of the road and you get run over in both directions.' Jeremy Corbyn, pictured in Sale this morning, is under fire from both remainers and leavers in his party over his perceived failure to lay out a clear policy on Brexit Mr Corbyn said he was sorry to those who had lost their seats and partly accepted anger over Brexit was to blame After Labour lost ten seats in Sunderland council, the local leader said voters there were unhappy at the idea the party could back a second EU vote. Greame Miller, leader of Sunderland council, said: 'We lost 10 seats and my view of is very, very simple: Sunderland voted as a city to leave in June 2016. 'Having had a Labour message across the city from members of Parliament saying that we need to be having a People's Vote, a second referendum, people in Sunderland have said "we're just not accepting that from the Labour party". 'I have lost 10 councillors tonight because of that Brexit situation where the Brexit message has stepped into and over local politics and that's the outcome.' Labour has lost overall control in party stronghold Bolsover, Derbyshire for the first time. The traditional Labour heartland constituency voted 70% to leave in the EU referendum. The area, an old mining town, has been represented in Parliament by former miner and veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner, nicknamed the Beast of Bolsover, since 1970. One man who tweeted that he used to work for the council, said it was 'absolutely unthinkable' that Labour could have lost control of it. Labour's leadership also came in for a bashing from remainers in its own ranks, who say it should back a second referendum. Labour MP Owen Smith, who was defeated in his bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as the party's leader in 2016, tweeted: 'It's been clear for months that Labour's Brexit fudge was melting under the public's gaze. 'We lost votes in every direction last night - because voters don't reward equivocation. But we lost most to Greens and Lib Dem's - being rewarded for their clarity on Brexit.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility