Coffee Shots: Jeremy Corbyn gets a seat

Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has accused Jeremy Corbyn of being “happy” about the vote for the United Kingdom to leave the EU.

In a sometimes ill-tempered debate Mr Smith went on to claim the Labour leader is “happy” about the Brexit vote.

But despite having little support among Labour MPs, Mr Corbyn’s supporters believe he remains popular among grassroots party members.

She said: “We will trigger Article 50 when we are ready and not before”.

Article 50 gives United Kingdom and the European Union two years to negotiate the terms of the split, with any extension having to be agreed by all 28 European Union members.

Mr Corbyn said the referendum had taken place and delivered a result, which was not the one he wanted but it had to be respected.

“Labour’s objective has always been to shift the balance of power and wealth in favour of working people and under my leadership we are committed to turning that into reality”.

May’s Conservative government has a slender working majority of 17 in the 650-seat chamber but the majority of British lawmakers supported remaining in the EU. The UK Government’s assessment of Article 50 has thus far been that Article 50 can be triggered by the Prime Minister without parliamentary consent.

Around 23,000 Labour members in Scotland will have a vote in the contest as well as registered supporters and those who qualify to vote through their trade union.

“And he said the reason they condemned him was because he was electable”.

The Labour leader was clearly annoyed when his war of words with Virgin Trains over the incident threatened to dominate a Labour NHS policy launch.

“When Jeremy boarded the train he was unable to find unreserved seats, so he sat with other passengers in the corridor who were also unable to find a seat”. Eventually seats were found.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has confirmed it is investigating the release of the CCTV images by Virgin Trains.

Sir Richard Branson, who co-owns Virgin Trains with Stagecoach, posted a link to the images on Twitter.

It transpires that Traingate got out of hand because Jeremy Corbyn was too busy making jam to speak to his campaign team.

He again insisted Wednesday’s press conference was about the NHS.

JEREMY CORBYN will today promise to reverse cuts to the arts and put lottery funding into regional control.

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