JEREMY Corbyn has said his party is ready for a General Election if Theresa May calls a snap poll – despite trailing the Conservatives in the opinion polls.
The Labour leader said his party was in a “very strong, organised position” should she decide to go to the country early. He said he would order Labour MPs to vote for the repeal of the Fixed-Terms Parliaments Act to enable the Prime Minister to seek a dissolution of Parliament.
In an interview published in The Independent, Corbyn said: “I personally am slightly sceptical about the Fixed-Term Parliaments Acts anyway ... she has not said she’s going to do that but that is what I’m saying is one possibility.
“If there’s a vote to dissolve Parliament then obviously we will vote with it.”
With Labour trailing the Tories by 17 points according to one recent opinion poll, his comments are likely to be treated with scepticism by some of the party’s MPs, who earlier this year staged a revolt against him. Their actions prompted a second Labour leadership contest in the less than 12 months, which Corbyn won overwhelmingly.
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