labour leader Jeremy Corbyn feels he can “still be the Prime Minister” and indicated on Sunday that the UK could face another election as beleaguered Theresa May's attempt to stitch an alliance to run a minority Government after suffering a poll debacle has not yet fructified.
UK Prime Minister May was clinging to power after losing her parliamentary majority in last Thursday's election, as an agreement with the minority Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) that would keep the Conservatives in power was still not finalised.
“This is still on. Absolutely,” 68-year-old Corbyn told the Sunday Mirror, still not giving up his dream of becoming the next British Prime Minister.
He said the labour party will set out its own programme for government as an amendment to the Queen's Speech, focusing on austerity and a “jobs-first Brexit.”
He told the BBC that he will call on MPs from all other parties to back his policies instead of May's.
Corbyn said he did not think May had any credibility and it was “unclear” what kind of programme the Conservatives would be able to put forward.
He said there was a “possibility” of voting down the Queen's Speech and labour were going to “push all the way” to achieve that.
Corbyn said his party would put down a “substantial amendment to the Queen's speech” based on the main policies in its general election manifesto, with an emphasis on Brexit, young people, and austerity.