Jeremy Corbyn keeps door open to backing December election

Labour leader to consider Boris Johnson’s offer when short bill introduced on Tuesday. Jeremy Corbyn on Monday night kept the door open to backing a December election as Diane Abbott suggested Labour MPs have nothing to fear from going to the polls this winter. The Labour leader said he will consider Boris Johnson’s fresh proposal of an election on 12 December and scrutinise his new short bill when it is introduced on Tuesday. It came after MPs voted down Johnson’s original pla