Corbyn: We are ready
THE Conservatives have lost the election and should stand aside for a Labour minority government, according to Jeremy Corbyn, who declared: “We are ready to serve this country.”
The Labour leader reiterated his call for Theresa May to resign as Prime Minister and said his party had achieved an “incredible result”, putting on more than three million votes and gaining seats all over the UK.
“I think it’s pretty clear who won this election,” he said at Labour’s headquarters in central London.
“We are ready to do everything we can to put our programme into op- eration. There isn’t a parliamentary majority for anybody at the present time, the party that has lost in this election is the Conservative Party, the arguments the Conservative Party put forward have lost. I think we need a change.”
Mr Corbyn said he would not make any coa- lition deals or pacts but would instead put forward Labour’s own programme for government.
“We have done no deals with anybody, we’re there as the Labour Party with our points of view. Everybody knows what they are and everyone can see the huge increase in our support.”
Mr Corbyn mocked Mrs May’s election campaign slogan that she would provide “strong and stable” leadership.
“Well, this morning it doesn’t look like a strong government, it doesn’t look like a stable government, it doesn’t look like a government that has any programme whatsoever.”