Labour's priority is to prevent no-deal Brexit before seeking general election, Corbyn says

LABOUR REMAINS DETERMINED to cut off the prospect of a no-deal Brexit before pressing for a general election, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Speaking to reporters at a rally in Chingford, Essex, Corbyn said he stood ready to lead an interim government if Johnson was forced from No 10. At that point, we’re ready for an election. But the priority is to prevent a no-deal exit, with all the problems this could cause the people of this country. Former chancellor Philip Hammond accused the Prime Minister of failing to negotiate seriously with the EU while the speculators who backed him stood to make a killing in the event of no-deal.

“We have to do that because there is now no confidence that the Prime Minister will obey the law and seek the extension that Parliament voted for only a few weeks ago,” he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.So far, opposition leaders have been wary of tabling a confidence vote, fearing Johnson could, if he is defeated, simply delay a general election until after 31 October by which time Britain will be out of the EU.

However, Hosie said it was “self-evidently the case” that as the leader of the second largest party Westminster, Corbyn should have the first chance of forming an administration.

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