Corbyn calls for general election after May’s Brexit defeat

Jeremy Corbyn said: ‘The prime minister has run down the clock and the clock has been run out on her.’ Photograph: Reuters Tv/ReutersJeremy Corbyn has demanded a general election in response to Theresa May’s 149-vote Brexit deal defeat – but made no mention of a second referendum. The Labour leader also pledged that his party would vote against a no-deal Brexit outcome in Wednesday’s vote and signalled that he would continue to press for a customs union with the EU.