Corbyn plans to call no-confidence vote to defeat no-deal, ask to be as caretaker PM
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Jeremy Corbyn has urged the leaders of the other opposition parties and Tory rebels to install him as caretaker PM in order to stop a no-deal Brexit.
The Labour leader urged his counterparts in the Liberal Democrats, Scottish Nationalists, Plaid Cymru and Green parties — along with Conservative MPs opposed to a no-deal departure — to support his bid to collapse the Johnson government and delay Brexit.
If he wins a no-confidence vote in the government, the Labour leader plans to delay Brexit, call a snap election and campaign for another referendum.
Corbyn outlined his plan in a letter, saying the caretaker government would be “strictly time-limited”.
The announcement came as Sarah Wollaston, the former Conservative MP who defected to the Independent Group, announced that she was joining the Liberal Democrats, bringing the party’s presence in the House of Commons up to 14 MPs.
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson dismissed the plans as “nonsense”.
Downing Street said Mr Corbyn would “overrule the referendum and wreck the economy” if he became prime minister.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wants a deal with the European Union but insists the UK must leave the bloc by 31 October “do or die”.
Mr Corbyn said he would seek to call a no-confidence vote at the “earliest opportunity when we can be confident of success”.
To defeat the government, he would have to secure the backing of a majority of MPs.
