Friday, December 13, 2019

U.K. Labour Leader Corbyn Responds To Last Night's Electoral Defeat



The Guardian: Jeremy Corbyn 'very sad' at election defeat but feels proud of manifesto

The Labour leader is under pressure to step down but did not give a timetable for departure

Jeremy Corbyn has said he is very sad at the election result and suggested he will step down in the early part of next year, but insisted he has “pride in the manifesto”.

The Labour leader gave a short statement in which he did not apologise to the 60 Labour MPs who lost their seats since its 2017 result or acknowledge any responsibility for the party suffering its worst result since 1935.

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