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JEREMY Corbyn’s support-

ers turned their guns on Jo

Swinson last night after she

refused to endorse him as a

caretaker prime minister.

The new Liberal Democrat

leader said she didn’t believe Mr

Corbyn was capable of command-

ing the confidence of the Com-

mons in a ‘unity’ government to

stop a No Deal Brexit.

It came after Mr Corbyn sent her

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YOU’LL NEVER BE FORGIVEN

CORBYN’S

NO10 COUP

Corbynites take aim

at Lib Dem leader as

she snubs No 10 plot

By Claire Ellicott

Political Correspondent

and other opposition leaders

an extraordinary written plea

on Wednesday night in which

he asked for their help to

install him in No 10.

The plan appeared dead on

arrival when Miss Swinson

described it as ‘nonsense’. But

she came under pressure last

night from both SNP leader

Nicola Sturgeon and Green

Party MP Caroline Lucas.

Meanwhile, Mr Corbyn’s

grassroots support group

Momentum led an aggressive

social media campaign, urging

people to sign a petition

demanding the Liberal Demo-

crats back Labour’s plan.

The group tweeted: ‘Jo Swin-

son claims to be the biggest

opponent of No Deal yet she’s

putting party politics first and

refusing to work with Corbyn.’

A Lib Dem source described it

as ‘coordinated mudslinging’.

However, last night Miss

Swinson appeared to soften

her stance to Mr Corbyn,

agreeing to meet with him to

discuss the issue.

But she refused to endorse

him as prime minister, propos-

ing Labour’s Harriet Harman

or Tory veteran Ken Clarke as

a caretaker leader because

they are ‘respected on both

sides of the House’.

She told him: ‘This isn’t the

time for personal agendas and

political games. We cannot

allow party politics to stand in

the way of members from all

sides of the House of Com-

mons working together in the

national interest.’

Mr Corbyn’s plan, which

Conservative MPs branded a

desperate coup, will not suc-

ceed without the support of

the Lib Dems, who have 14

MPs after the defection of

former Tory Sarah Wollaston.

In her first major speech as

leader yesterday in London,

Miss Swinson said Mr Corbyn

had ‘let the Government off

the hook’ over Brexit.

She accused him of ‘demand-

ing the keys to No 10 as a pre-

condition of stopping No

Deal’, adding: ‘There is no way

he can unite rebel Conserva-

tives and Independents to

stop Boris Johnson. It is not

even certain he would secure

all the votes of Labour MPs.’

However, Dr Wollaston sug-

gested a temporary Corbyn-

led government would be ‘the

lesser of two evils’.

Mr Corbyn tweeted yester-

day: ‘We must work together

to stop No Deal and let the

people decide the future of

our country.’

Labour business spokesman

Rebecca Long-Bailey also told

Miss Swinson that a Corbyn

caretaker government was

‘the simplest and most

democratic way’ of avoiding

No Deal.

Pressure: Jo Swinson with

Sarah Wollaston yesterday.

Inset: Yesterday’s Mail

hand Nicola Sturgeon the

referendum she wants in

exchange for SNP support.

‘It’s a complete betrayal of

thousands of Labour voters.’

LABOUR was last night accused of selling

out the Union to get into No10 as Jer-

emy Corbyn crawled to the SNP over

another independence referendum.

Mr Corbyn said it was not up to the UK

Parliament to block a second vote.

It opens the door for him to offer the

SNP another referendum after the 

poll in return for propping up a Labour

government, even though he is ‘not in

support’ of Scottish independence.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said Mr

Corbyn had taken the ‘right’ position,

tweeting: ‘It is legitimate to oppose

independence and to argue against a

referendum – it’s not legitimate for

Westminster to block a democratic

mandate and a majority vote.’

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell

has admitted Labour would not block a

referendum. Scottish Conservative

deputy leader Jackson Carlaw said: ‘Jer-

emy Corbyn has surrendered. Both he

and John McDonnell are preparing to

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