Boris Johnson’s Brexit strategy is already unravelling. Six weeks after he took office with a promise to leave the European Union by Oct. 31, “do or die”, the British prime minister is running out of escape routes. peter_tl
British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Sept. 3 he was ready to fight an election, but his priority was to prevent a no-deal Brexit.
When asked if he would support an election under any circumstances, Corbyn said:"We want a general election as do all the other parties." "Under the Fixed Term Parliament Act, it's for the prime minister to introduce a measure on this or not - he hasn't done so. The priority is to prevent a no-deal exit from the EU on the 31st and we'll see what happens after that," he said.
He did not say directly if he would support a possible attempt by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to call an election:"Let’s see what happens after this legislation has gone through. And if an election is called, I am absolutely ready to fight it." British lawmakers will on Sept. 3 try to stop Prime Minister Boris Johnson from pursuing what they cast as a calamitous no-deal Brexit, a challenge a senior government source told Reuters would prompt him to call for a snap election on Oct. 14.
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