Union chief: ‘No-deal Brexit’ could mean Corbyn in No10
A “NO-deal Brexit” could trigger a general election in 2019 with a “real chance” of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Prime Minister, the leader of Britain’s biggest trade union said yesterday.
If Theresa May fails to strike a pact on the UK’s EU departure by this time next year, her government could collapse, Unite boss Len McCluskey claimed. “If there’s no deal I believe the Government will fall and we will have a general election and I think there would be a real chance of Labour winning that election and Corbyn coming to power,” he said. Speaking at Unite’s Scottish policy conference in Aviemore, he added that the Government was “on its last legs”, with ministers “stumbling around, reeling from every