{"id":15597,"date":"2019-10-29T15:54:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=15597"},"modified":"2019-10-29T15:54:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T14:54:35","slug":"what-has-labour-said-about-an-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/what-has-labour-said-about-an-election\/","title":{"rendered":"What Has Labour Said About An Election?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jeremy Corbyn was cheered by members of his top team, as he made his announcement at Labour&#8217;s campaign headquarters in central London.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I have consistently said that we are ready for an election and our support is subject to a no-deal Brexit being off the table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have now heard from the EU that the extension of Article 50 to 31 January has been confirmed, so for the next three months, our condition of taking no-deal off the table has now been met.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will now launch the most ambitious and radical campaign for real change our country has ever seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Burgon said Labour would be pushing to get votes for 16 and 17 year olds, as well as EU nationals so they can have their say.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15598\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15598\" class=\"wp-image-15598 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1514806889-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1514806889-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1514806889-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1514806889-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1514806889-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/shutterstock_1514806889.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Labour MP Stella Creasy said the government was seeking to &#8220;rig the debate&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But he added: &#8220;Even if we don&#8217;t get those things we want, when push comes to shove, we are going to support an election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not all Labour MPs are on board, with Ben Bradshaw saying it was a &#8220;bad mistake&#8221; and calling instead for another referendum on Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>His fellow backbench MP, Barry Sheerman, tweeted that it was &#8220;sheer madness&#8221; to hold a December election &#8220;on Boris Johnson&#8217;s agenda&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Corbyn was cheered by members of his top team, as he made his announcement at Labour&#8217;s campaign headquarters in central London. 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