This Tory Government’s lamentable handling of Brexit means that a general election is increasingly likely.
If the country is forced to go to the polls for the third time in four years, the Conservatives deserve to be hammered.
On Brexit alone they have shown themselves unworthy of power.
Handed responsibility for the most important negotiations since the Second World War, they have failed to find a way that unites the country and delivers for jobs and business.
The PM has lost all authority, the Cabinet is in mutiny and the party is engaged in a bitter civil war.
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But the Tories should not just be judged on their calamitous handling of Brexit.
In the past nine years, amid biting austerity, they have neglected our public services, imposed the disastrous Universal Credit and overseen a rise in poverty. Jeremy Corbyn today says he is ready for a general election.
More than ever, we need a Labour government that will fix our schools and hospitals, and rebuild our economy.
The next election may be called because of Brexit, but whether you voted Leave or Remain, only Labour has the policies that will create a fairer and more prosperous country.
