Jeremy Corbyn said yesterday that Labour needed to “win the election first” before reopening talks with the EU PIXEL8000Lord Mandelson has called on Jeremy Corbyn to quit after the Labour leader said the party would seek a Brexit deal with the EU after an election victory. The former business secretary said that Mr Corbyn’s support had collapsed since the 2017 election as voters had realised how “weak and half-hearted he was on the subject of Brexit”. The arrival of Boris Johnson at No 10 demanded “an alternative” prepared to lead a campaign to remain in the EU, he said. “Corbyn is not the leader that Labour needs at this time. We need an alternative who can stand up to Johnson and lead the country against the disaster which is in the making,” he said…

Source: The Times July 28, 2019 23:03 UTC