Lord Mandelson says he is praying for an early general election as the quickest way of ousting Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour party. Labour conference: Khan stresses importance of winning in message to Corbyn - Politics live Read more“Bring it on so we can deal with the awful situation in the Labour party earlier than 2020,” he said. Mandelson, a close ally of Tony Blair and architect of New Labour, suggested he was hoping for an early defeat for Labour under its newly re-elected leader. And they don’t want it.”Mandelson said leaving the EU will be “the most complex policy exercise mounted in peace time”. We are talking about nearly half our trade in this one European market.

Source: The Guardian September 27, 2016 12:39 UTC