10 times he has called for us to go to polls
Speaking at the CBI in November 2018, he said a general election was the ‘only sensible course of action’. He said: ‘If the Government cannot get its central policy through Parliament, then we will demand a general election.’ In December 2018, Mr Corbyn said he ‘can’t wait for a general election’ and predicted it would be in 2019. He said: ‘The Government is going to struggle. There may well be a general election.. And I can’t wait.’ On January 16 2019, in the run-up to the no-confidence vote against Theresa May’s government, he tweeted: ‘We need a general election now. Back our vote of #NoConfidence...’ In May this year, Mr Corbyn tweeted: ‘Let the people decide our country’s future: we need a general election now.’ After Mrs May stepped down in June, he tweeted: ‘Whoever becomes the new leader must let the people decide our country’s future, through an immediate general election.’ In July this year, Mr Corbyn tweeted: ‘We need a general election and a Labour government that works for the many not the privileged few.’ This month, in Salford, Mr Corbyn said: ‘When a government finds itself without a majority, the solution is call a general election.’ Mr Corbyn also tweeted these words this month: ‘We need a general election and I’m ready.’ At a rally in Salford on Monday, Mr Corbyn declared: ‘I will be delighted when the election comes. I’m ready, you’re ready.’ This week, he also rejected Tony Blair’s plea to spurn a general election, telling Sky News: ‘We are the opposition – we want a general election.’