Jeremy Corbyn Calls For Theresa May To Resign As Prime Minister

Jeremy Corbyn said it was 'time for Theresa May to go' and make way for 'a government that was truly representative' in his constituency victory speech in the 2017 General Election.

Having won 40,086 of the votes in a landslide victory in his Islington North seat, Labour leader Corbyn took to the podium.

Describing Prime Minister May's night, he said she had 'lost seats, lost votes, lost confidence', adding 'that's enough for her to go, frankly'.

Watch his speech here...

Corbyn said: "The Prime Minister called the election because she wanted a mandate. Well the mandate she's got is lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that is enough for her to go, actually.

"This election was called for the Prime Minister to gain a larger majority in order to assert her authority. The election campaign has gone on for the past six weeks. I've travelled the whole country. I've spoken at events and rallies all over the country.

"And you know what? Politics has changed. Politics isn't going back into the box where it was before. What's happened is, people have said they've had quite enough of austerity politics, they've had quite enough of cuts in public expenditure, under-funding our health service, under-funding our schools, our education service, and not giving our young people the chance they deserve in our society.

"And I'm very, very proud of the campaign that my party has run, our manifesto, for the many, not the few. And I'm very proud of the results that are coming in all over the country tonight of people voting for hope for the future, and turning their backs on austerity."

Early exit polls showed there could be a hung parliament. If there is a hung parliament, the consequences could be chaotic.

It would cast huge uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, which are set to begin in just a week's time, especially if negotiations are still going on over which party will form a government.

May could also potentially resign as Prime Minister, having called the election with the aim of winning a significant majority. If she does stand down, this will trigger a big leadership battle.

Speaking at the count in Maidenhead, where she has was re-elected, May appeared to respond to Corbyn, saying the country 'needed a period of stability' following the election.

Topics: general election

James Dawson

James Dawson is a Journalist at LADbible. He has contributed articles to LADbible’s ‘Knowing Me, Knowing EU’ series on the EU referendum, the 'Electoral Dysfunction' series on the 2017 general election, the ‘U OK M8?’ series tackling mental health amongst young men, and for its ‘Climate Change’ initiative in partnership with National Geographic.

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