Jeremy Corbyn suffers huge rebellion as 100 of his own MPs refuse to back election and warn Labour will get 's**t on
11 Labour MPs actually voted against an early vote - including Owen Smith, Barry Sheerman and Margaret Beckett.Senior members of his frontbench team had warned him not to back anOne Labour MP told The Sun: "Corbyn couldn't win second prize in a beauty contest in Monopoly.
"He's about to give the nastiest Tory Government ever a majority and has fallen into the biggest elephant trap since Dumbo. "Labour members who still think the sun shines out of his arse are about to get s**t on from a great height by voters when they knock their doors and are blinded by reality.And Mr Sheerman said it was "sheer madness to hold the General Election in December and on Boris Johnson's agenda".
In the Commons he stood up and told colleagues: "I shall be voting against an early election today and encourage as many of colleagues to defy the threats to do so.After months of avoiding a poll yesterday the Labour boss u-turned and finally backed one."I think we will win, I think we will have a majority by Christmas.He insisted Labour would be "breathing down [Boris] neck in the campaign" and the party would "have a real go at this".
It mimics a similar clip he did before the 2017 election where he vowed Labour were ready for a snap poll.The leftie boss finished up the clip with his trademark thumbs up pose.Boris must target Labour voters in Northern rugby towns to win electionBOJO'S OLIVE BRANCHGeneral election odds 2019 – what’s the latest from the bookies?Latest news as MPs vote for general election on December 12John Bercow will quit as Speaker this week to take new job...
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