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unholy alliance with the party that opposes abortion and hates gay
marriage has sparked fury across the country
Theresa
May is clinging to her job insisting she can stay on as Prime
Minister, despite her crushing election defeat.
She
announced she was forming a new Government propped up by the
hard-right Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland after losing
her majority in Parliament.
The
DUP opposes abortion, hates gay marriage and its former leader Peter
Robinson was once pictured wearing the red beret of loyalist terror
group Ulster Resistance.
He
was also an ally of former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian
Paisley
Mrs
May’s unholy alliance angered liberal Tories, furious at her
cutting a deal with such a hard-right group.
The
Labour leader has revealed exclusively to the Sunday Mirror that he
plans to use the Queen’s Speech as his first opportunity to topple
the floundering PM
10
June, 2017
Fired-up
Jeremy Corbyn today vows to finish what he started by getting rid of
Theresa May within a matter of days.
He
plans to use the Queen’s Speech as his first opportunity to topple
the floundering PM.
In
an exclusive interview with the Sunday Mirror, Mr Corbyn is champing
at the bit and buzzing with enthusiasm.
And
over a cappucino he says it is time for Mrs May to wake up and smell
the coffee.
The
Labour leader says: “I can still be Prime Minister. This is still
on. Absolutely. Theresa May has been to the Palace. She’s
attempting to form a government.
“She’s
then got to present a programme to Parliament.
“We
will – obviously – amend the Queen’s Speech. There’s a
possibility of voting it down it and we’re going to push that all
the way.
“We
have got a mandate to deal with issues of poverty, justice and
inequality in Britain. We want to end austerity and invest in this
country and that’s what we’re going to do.
“Nearly
13 million people voted for us to do it. That’s why I’m here.”
The
election result saw Mrs May scramble to form a minority government to
have any kind of Commons majority.
And
she enlisted the help of the hard-right DUP to get her over the line.
But
Mr Corbyn believes there is enough opposition in the rest of the
House – and on Mrs May’s own backbenches – to defeat the
Government.
That
could trigger another election as the Tories would face a confidence
challenge.
And
the Labour leader is optimistic his progressive manifesto will
attract enough support in Parliament to propel him to power.
Mr
Corbyn adds: “It’s very unclear on the programme they’ll be
able to put forward. But we’ll put up our demands and our message
and we’ll assert those.
“I
don’t think Theresa May and this government have any credibility.
The Prime Minister called this election on the basis she would need a
stronger mandate to negotiate Brexit.
“Well
look what’s happened. The parallels are with 1974 when the
Conservatives sought – as they have done this time – a ‘who
governs Britain?’ mandate.
“Ted
Heath lost and tried to form another government and tried to get
another majority in Parliament.
“And
eventually Harold Wilson managed to form a government. She’s taking
us back to those times. It’s back to the seventies with Theresa
May.”
Mr
Corbyn believes the return of former Labour rebels – who have
expressed support following his buoyant campaign – is one of the
keys to success.
And
he is confident he can attract big-hitters who deserted the front
bench back into the fold.
He
goes on: “Everything’s still to play for. We can still do this.
My phone is full of texts from lots and lots of people from right
across the party. I’m very happy about that. I’m very proud to
lead this party.
“And
I’m open to everyone. It’s important to make that clear. I never
get involved in personal abuse or anything like that.
“If
people have political disagreements that’s fine. We can discuss
those. I’ll be appointing a Shadow Cabinet over the next couple of
days and announcing it next week.”
Labour’s
performance during the election campaign stunned many political
insiders. And despite not securing enough seats for a win, Mr Corbyn
says the party is ideally placed for the next election – whenever
that might be.
And
the statistics give him every reason to be bold. He says: “We’ve
got the biggest increase in the Labour vote between elections since
the Second World War – we put on more than three million votes.
“We
got 40 per cent of the share. That was the highest any opinion poll
put us on. That was people coming back to Labour who had gone away a
long time ago. And, of course, young people coming together to
support us.
“A
lot of young people told me they were voting Labour but their family
weren’t – so they were working on them.
“There
must have been some very complicated discussions around the kitchen
table in home after home with young, enthusiastic people saying ‘this
is why we’ve got to do it’.”
Mr
Corbyn’s campaign saw him cover thousands of miles up, down and
across the country. He attended an astonishing 90 rallies in 60
different towns and cities and his enthusiasm never waned.
Mr
Corbyn goes on: “The number of people who have been involved has
been amazing.
“The
enthusiasm was infectious and, of course, it infected me as well. It
was great. The fundamental message I was putting forward is that
we’re strong as a community.
“We
didn’t have separate messages – one for the old, one for the
young, one for the disabled.
“We
had a message of hope. And that was for everyone. And that ideal is a
basic human condition. I’ve worked as hard as I can over the last
seven weeks. I know we can do this.”
Mr
Corbyn returns to the subject of young people and their crucial role
in securing a better Britain. He explains: “We’ve got to invest
in the youth and the future of our nation.
“Austerity
has dealt a bitter blow to their aspirations and that’s just wrong.
“For
too long now the rich have got ever richer whilst those struggling
have had no hope of improving their lot. That’s just wrong as well.
We cannot continue along this path.
"There
is a new movement in Britain demanding social change and the millions
who voted for the Labour Party cannot and should not be denied.
“The
Tories may be in government for now, but their model and lack of
ambition is unsustainable.I’m ready for another general election.
This is just the first step.
“I
truly believe we can unite this nation and bring the kind of change
the nation needs and demands. I feel energised by this result because
I know we can build on it.”
A
petition launched Friday urging British Prime Minister Theresa May
not to form a ‘coalition of chaos’ with the Democratic Unionist
Party has already gained over half a million signatures and counting.
The
author of the ‘Stop the DUP & TORIES forming a Minority
Government!’ petition, writing under the pen name Winston
Churchill, called the proposed alliance “a disgusting, desperate
attempt to stay in power.”
Unlike
previous online petitions filed through the UK government website,
this petition is non-binding and will not trigger an official
response from the government nor has the potential to force debate in
the House of Commons.
The
official petitions website is currently down until a new Petitions
Committee is set up by the House of Commons.
The
Prime Minister has also been forced to let go of her two trusted
aides
A
beleaguered Theresa May is facing a backlash after agreeing an
outline deal with anti-gay Democratic Unionists to save her
premiership.
Conservatives
spoke out after a senior party figure was sent to Belfast seeking a
deal that could have seen the DUP handed ministerial jobs, with one
Tory telling The Independent it meant being “pushed out to the
right”.
In
the end, no formal coalition was agreed. But a “confidence and
supply” arrangement was struck for the DUP to back the Tories on
key votes. The Cabinet will discuss it on Monday.
It
came as Ms May was also forced to let go of her two trusted aides
Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill – described as her “right and left
arm” – to prevent a leadership challenge following her disastrous
election campaign.
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