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John McDonnell today claimed the election will be 'just like 2017' when expectations Labour would be wiped out failed to materialise - as he said polls showed Jeremy Corbyn had the momentum going into tomorrow's ballot.  The Shadow Chancellor explained while he does not believe all pre-election polling to be accurate, he thinks voters are clearly swinging towards Labour and could deprive the Conservatives a majority to deliver Brexit.  He told Sky News: 'It's like 2017, exactly then before the election itself polls were predicting we were going to be wiped out. I don't believe all the polls but the trend is towards Labour. 'We're not in a situation where I think tomorrow will demonstrate that actually we can form a majority Labour Government. The polls have really narrowed.' Presenter Kay Burley mocked the comments and suggested he was 'riding into Downing Street on a unicorn', but Mr McDonnell hit back: 'Not at all, you look at the turnout tomorrow and we'll see.' In … [Read more...] about ‘It’s just like 2017!’ John McDonnell claims Labour has the momentum going into the election as Jeremy Corbyn makes last ditch campaign blitz

More than 100 victims of IRA terrorism today demanded a showdown with Jeremy Corbyn over his 'support for violent republicanism'. In a public letter to the Labour leader they accuse him of not responding to an appeal in October for him to 'unequivocally condemn IRA terrorists'. Mr Corbyn is a long-term supporter of Irish unity who has hosted Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness -  a former IRA commander - in Parliament. But the Labour Party insisted today that he 'was never a supporter of the IRA'. Among the 102 people demanding a meeting are victims of the Enniskillen and Hyde Park atrocities. Mark Tipper, whose brother Simon was one of four soldiers killed in the attack in Hyde Park in 1982, said: 'We could wake up on Friday morning and Corbyn could be prime minister. 'But to people like me, and to other victims, it feels like he supports terrorists more than the victims and more than the ordinary people of this country.' Mr Corbyn, then a backbench Labour MP, … [Read more...] about More than 100 IRA victims and their families write to Jeremy Corbyn demanding a meeting over his ‘support for violent republicanism’ and accuse him of ‘supporting terrorists more than the victims’

AS polls refuse to rule out a hung parliament, we look at ten ways Jeremy Corbyn could cripple Britain if if Boris Johnson fails to win a majority. Theresa May's disastrous 2017 campaign has left a large number of marginal seats, which could pave the way for a hung parliament. Jeremy Corbyn could ruin Britain by ChristmasHere are ten ways in which the far-left leader could make it a nightmare on Friday the 13th. 1: CHAOS AND UNCERTAINTY If Boris fails to land a majority parliament, there's no way out of the political chaos any time soon. The PM could try and rule with a minority administration as he's been doing for weeks, but it would mean he can't deliver on his promise to get Brexit done. If the Queen asks Corbyn to form a Government, he'll be unable to get his leftie agenda through Parliament either, putting Britain on course for months more deadlock.Even if the SNP and Lib Dems prop him up to force through a second referendum, they will be unlikely to be able to anything more … [Read more...] about 10 ways Jeremy Corbyn will cripple Britain if Boris Johnson fails to win a majority tomorrow

Jeremy Corbyn rallied supporters to get out to marginal seats and go “flat out” campaigning in a final day of action across the country before voters go to the polls. The Labour leader is on his final tour of the UK, criss-crossing the country with an event this morning in Scotland, before heading to the Midlands and Bedford, with a last rally in London on Wednesday night. Senior Labour figures from the north of England, including the party chair, Ian Lavery, the shadow minister for transport, Andy McDonald, and the shadow minister for labour, Laura Pidcock, spoke to hundreds of supporters gathered in a village outside Middlesbrough. Corbyn said: “I am utterly determined we go flat out between now and 10pm tomorrow evening to get everyone to vote, and hopefully vote Labour, and recognise in our manifesto there is hope, there is something positive.” Teesside and County Durham are major targets for the Tories in this election, with Labour-held Stockton South, … [Read more...] about Jeremy Corbyn tells Labour to go ‘flat out’ in final pre-election push

Does Jeremy Corbyn care about the poor? It may seem like a ludicrous question – like asking whether Boris Johnson quotes Latin. Caring about the poor is meant to be Jezza’s thing. Labour’s basic electoral message is that society is divided into billionaires and beggars, and that we need to pull down the first to lift up the second. Yet the odd thing is that a party whose campaign rhetoric ignores the existence of the middle class has gone out of its way to throw goodies towards it. Corbyn has promised to cut rail fares by 33 per cent, for example, using money from the roads fund. Let’s ignore, for the moment, the fact that Labour has given no explanation of how it would fund the increased capacity... … [Read more...] about Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour isn’t the party of the poor, but of bribing the middle classes