Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he will only support calling a general election once a bill has been passed that prevents the UK from leaving the EU without a deal, or MPs have voted to leave without one. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to call an election if MPs pass the bill. However, under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, he needs the support of two-thirds of the Commons, or 434 MPs; meaning opposition MPs would need to back the bill. The government is expected to table its Brexit plan in Parliament on Wednesday, with both May and her cabinet due to hold talks about it later this week.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he will only support calling a general election once a bill has been passed that prevents the UK from leaving the EU without a deal, or MPs have voted to leave without one. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will seek to call an election if MPs pass the bill. However, under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, he needs the support of two-thirds of the Commons, or 434 MPs; meaning opposition MPs would need to back the bill. Corbyn said Johnson should put his Brexit policy to a public vote or rule out a no-deal Brexit.