Jeremy Corbyn: I can ‘absolutely’ still be Prime Minister
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Jeremy Corbyn has said his party could vote down Theresa May's Queen’s speech due to be presented to Parliament on 19 June in a bid to form a Labour government.
The Labour leader said the current Tory top team lack the “credibility” to lead following Thursday's general election and compared them to the 1970s Ted Heath government.
The Conservatives remain in talks with the DUP in a bid to form a partnership that would see Mrs May able to push through a legislative programme.
Mr Corbyn however has said Labour will seek to vote down the Prime Minister's Queen's speech and push forward his party's own policy agenda as he holds out hopes of entering No10.
“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,” he told the Sunday Mirror.
He added: “We will – obviously – amend the Queen’s Speech. There’s a possibility of voting it down 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.”
“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."
Mr Corbyn also barbed that the Prime Minister was taking Britain “back to the seventies”, a charge that was levelled at the Labour leader throughout the campaign.
He added: “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 also said he had received text messages from party colleagues across the spectrum, insisting he was “open to everyone” as he puts together his top team.
“It’s important to make that clear,” he said. "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.”
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