Jeremy Corbyn tells Boris Johnson to ‘stop using such ridiculous language’ after the PM told him to ‘man up’ and back an election on December 12
- Jeremy Corbyn advised the PM to tone down his language during campaign visit
- The leader of the opposition was meeting constituents in Motherwell, Scotland
- Johnson has insisted that Britain could still leave the EU on October 31
- The PM argues that the decision for Britain to leave now lies with the EU27
Jeremy Corbyn has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ‘stop using such ridiculous language’ after the PM told him to ‘man up’ and back an election on December 12.
During a campaign visit to Motherwell, North Lanarkshire on Saturday, the leader of the opposition said: ‘I would ask the Prime Minister to stop using such ridiculous language and recognise that there are deep concerns that he has not removed a no-deal exit from the agenda.’
Yesterday, Johnson said that Labour was ‘split from top to bottom’ on whether to hold an election.
Jeremy Corbyn (pictured right) has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson (pictured left) to ‘stop using such ridiculous language’ after the PM told him to ‘man up’ and back an election on December 12
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after speaking at an activists training event at the GLO Centre in Motherwell, Scotland
He said: ‘Time for Corbyn – man up. Let’s have an election on December 12.’
Jeremy Corbyn has said that Labour will be very happy to fight a general election once ‘all vestiges’ of a no-deal Brexit have been taken off the table, claiming that a no-deal Brexit would put jobs, trade and lives at risk.
‘He has not removed it [Brexit] from the terms of his Bill, he has stopped Parliament from even debating the Bill after Parliament rejected his unreasonable timetable for it – and I would suggest he engages with Parliament on the genuine concerns of MPs that jobs would be at risk, medicines and lives put at risk, trade put at risk by a no deal crashing out from the EU,’ Corbyn told PA today.
Jeremy Corbyn has said that Labour will be very happy to fight a general election once ‘all vestiges’ of a no-deal Brexit have been taken off the table
The Prime Minister has offered to give MPs more time to consider his Brexit plan if they agreed to a poll on December 12, and told the Labour leader it was up to him to decide whether to get the deal done.
Asked what Mr Johnson should do now, he said: ‘It depends what the European Union says on Monday or Tuesday about the length of an extension and what the terms of that extension are, so we can’t really go any further forward until we have a response from them.’
Mr Johnson has insisted Britain could still leave the EU on October 31 – despite the EU 27 accepting the ‘principle of an extension’ – but said the fate of Britain’s exit date was now in Brussels’ hands.