Labour pledges political revolution

Jeremy Corbyn will today promise a revolution in British politics akin to the Thatcher landslide in 1979 if Boris Johnson calls a snap election this autumn.

Promising higher taxes for the wealthiest and the nationalisation of utilities, he will say that “a general election triggered by the Tory Brexit crisis will be a crossroads for our country”. In a tub-thumping speech designed to show that Labour is ready to fight, he will say that an election “will be a once-in-ageneration chance for a real change of direction. Things cannot go on as they were.”

James Cleverly, Tory party chairman, dismissed the move as “a cynical attempt to seize power by a man who would wreck the economy and won’t stand up for Britain.”