JEREMY Corbyn has called on Boris Johnson to resign.
In an impromptu appearance at the Labour conference podium, the party leader, to cheers from delegates, said the UK Supreme Court judgement showed that the Prime Minister had abused his power and shown “contempt for democracy”.
To further applause, he said the court verdict showed the Prime Minister had acted wrongly in “shutting down Parliament” for five weeks.
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Mr Corbyn said it was now for John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, to recall Parliament. “I will be in touch immediately to demand Parliament is recalled so we can question the PM, demand he obeys the law that has been passed by Parliament and recognise our Parliament is elected by our people to hold our government to account. A Labour Government would want to be held to account; we wouldn’t bypass democracy.”
He then declared: “I invite Boris Johnson, in the historic words, to consider his position.” As more cheers and applause interrupted the Labour leader, he added: “And become the shortest-serving prime minister there has ever been.”
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Mr Corbyn urged the PM to “obey the law, take no-deal off the table, and have an election to elect a government that respects democracy, that respects the rule of law and brings power back to the people and not usurps it in the way that Boris Johnson has done”.
As he left the stage delegates began to chant: “Johnson out!”
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