Jeremy Corbyn opens the door to a chaotic Labour minority government propped up by the SNP and Lib Dems
The Labour leader ruled out forming a coalition if the election delivers a hung Parliament
JEREMY Corbyn yesterday opened the door to a chaotic minority government propped up by the Scottish nationalists and the Lib Dems.
He ruled out forming a coalition if the election delivers a hung Parliament after opinion polls continued to tighten with just a week to go before polling day.
But Mr Corbyn laid bare that he would be relying on fellow left-leaning parties to vote through a Labour Queen’s Speech and Budget if his party end up with the most seats.
And he even dodged questions over whether he would invite Sinn Fein MPs to sit in Parliament for the first ever time in return for supporting a minority Labour government.
The Tories said it would leave Mr Corbyn “haggling with Nicola Sturgeon and the Lib Dems” at the same time as Brexit negotiations are due to start - on June 19.
Challenged over who he would be prepared to do a deal with to get into No10, Mr Corbyn said: “We're not doing coalitions.”
But his shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said the party would attempt to force through a Queen’s Speech and ask the SNP, Lib Dems and Greens to back it.
She said: "If we end up in a position where we are in a minority, we will go ahead and we will put forward a Queen's Speech and a Budget.
"If people want to vote for it, then good.
"If they don't want to vote for it, they are going to have to go back and speak to their constituents and explain to them why it is that we have a Tory government instead.”
The Tories warned that any vote for Labour would jeopardise Brexit negotiations.
Conservative party chairman Patrick McLoughlin said: “The truth is out: Jeremy Corbyn will invite the other parties to prop him up as Prime Minister if there is a hung parliament on June 9. "Brexit negotiations start 11 days after you vote, but instead of focusing on those negotiations Corbyn would be busy haggling with Nicola Sturgeon and the Lib Dems.
"That will cause chaos.
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“If you don’t think Corbyn – propped up by the SNP and Lib Dems – is up to being Prime Minister, negotiating Brexit, or keeping our economy strong and nation secure, there’s no safe way to vote Labour wherever you live.”
Mr Corbyn was forced to rule out a pact with rival parties after Boris Johnson warned of a “triple headed monster” coalition that could propel the veteran socialist into No10.
The Foreign Secretary insisted yesterday’s shock YouGov poll showing the Tory lead was down to just three points was “fantastic news” as it means voters might “focus on the election”.
If the Tories fail to win an overall majority, the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru and the SNP would join forces to make the hard left Labour leader PM, Boris insisted.
The top Tory warned there is now “the real risk of going ahead with Jeremy Corbyn like a sort of triple-headed monster from Greek mythology”.