Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to “try to force an early general election” after British Prime Minster Theresa May lost her parliamentary majority in the June 8 election.
In an interview with the Daily Mirror published on Saturday, Corbyn said it was “ludicrous” to suggest May could stay in power and that his party “will challenge this government at every step and try to force an early general election.”
May had called for a snap election in April in hopes of getting an increased majority that could have strengthened her position before going into two years of intense negotiations with the European Union about Britain’s departure from the bloc.
However, May’s election gamble spectacularly backfired. British voters dealt her a devastating blow, wiping out her parliamentary majority and throwing the country into political turmoil.
Conservatives won 318 seats in the 650-member House of Commons followed by the main opposition Labour…