{"id":36211,"date":"2019-12-12T22:43:56","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=36211"},"modified":"2019-12-12T22:43:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T22:43:56","slug":"will-corbyn-go-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/will-corbyn-go-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Corbyn go tomorrow?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shadow chancellor John McDonnell tells the BBC a decision will be made soon<\/strong><\/p>\n

When asked if both he and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will stand down if the BBC exit poll proves to be correct, Mr McDonnell – Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington in West London (Boris Johnson’s neighbouring constituency) – told the BBC’s Andrew Neil:<\/p>\n

“Let’s see the results first, and an appropriate decision will be made in the morning.”<\/p>\n

The Conservatives look set to gain around 50 additional seats, giving them a comfortable majority of 86 with Labour set to lose around 71 – if the exit poll is right.<\/p>\n

Such a result for the Conservative party would be their best performance in a general election since they were re-elected for a third consecutive term in 1987 under Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n

Shadow chancellor McDonnell, 68, also told the BBC: “Clearly this was a Brexit election.”<\/p>\n

Mr Neil asked the opposition frontbencher whether Labour was now likely to realign itself back to the “centre-left”, moving away from the “hard-left” position many perceive them to have adopted since Mr Corbyn became leader in 2015.<\/p>\n

Mr McDonnell said: “I think we are centre-left.”<\/p>\n

Pound Sterling soared in value against the dollar by 2% as the exit poll results were announced.<\/p>\n

Words: Scott Mathew | Subbing: Michelle Del Rey | Featured image credit: Dreamstime<\/strong><\/p>\n

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