{"id":316954,"date":"2017-07-12T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T10:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/corbyn-trolls-mays-call-for-cross-party-collaboration-by-sending-autographed-labour-manifesto\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T10:11:49","slug":"corbyn-trolls-mays-call-for-cross-party-collaboration-by-sending-autographed-labour-manifesto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/corbyn-trolls-mays-call-for-cross-party-collaboration-by-sending-autographed-labour-manifesto\/","title":{"rendered":"Corbyn trolls May\u2019s call for cross-party collaboration by sending autographed Labour manifesto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 12 Jul, 2017 09:21 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has mocked Prime Minister Theresa May\u2019s appeal for cross-party collaboration in policy making by sending her a copy of his party\u2019s manifesto.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7mU7XnWdtU?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Corbyn took to Twitter to troll the PM after she appealed to the opposition and other parties to propose new policies and support government legislation through the Commons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/395848-may-corbyn-help-labour\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2017.07\/thumbnail\/596337c3fc7e9365278b4568.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's Prime Minister, Theresa May and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn \u00a9 Stefan Wermuth\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>The socialist leader posted a picture of himself signing the 2017 Labour manifesto, with the autograph reading:<em> \u201cDear Prime Minister, you asked for policy ideas. So here\u2019s our General Election manifesto. Kind regards, JB Corbyn.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The Tory leader \u2013 whose leadership has been under severe pressure since a disastrous showing in the general election left her party short of an absolute majority \u2013 made an unprecedented request for Labour to work together on ideas for government last week.<\/p>\n<p>Just before heading to Hamburg, Germany for the G20 summit, she told MPs: <em>\u201cThis government has an ambitious agenda to change this country and there are many issues on which I would hope that we would be able to achieve consensus across this house.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s plea came amid mounting pressure to scale back some Tory policies in order to win the support of other parties and carry on leading Britain with a minority government.<\/p>\n<p>Corbyn hit back at the PM\u2019s appeal, however, saying:<em> \u201cI\u2019m really surprised she [Mrs. May] had so much to contribute to the G20 given there was barely a mention of international policy in her party\u2019s manifesto, or indeed any policy, so much so that the government is now asking other parties for their policy ideas.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/395556-labour-surge-poll-tories\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.rt.com\/files\/2017.07\/thumbnail\/595f482fdda4c8d4478b4567.jpg\" alt=\"Britain's opposition Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn \u00a9 Peter Nicholls\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd so if the Prime Minister would like it, I\u2019m very happy to furnish her with a copy of our election manifesto.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOr better still, an early election in order that the people of this country can decide.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Corbyn has been saying that his party is ready for another vote since the June election saw Labour\u2019s popularity surge, while the Tories lost the 17-seat working majority they had earned with former PM David Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>There have been growing calls for May to resign since the election, with reports suggesting that Conservative members are planning to resign en masse in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/395569-tory-theresa-may-coup\/\">coup <\/a>attempt to oust her.<\/p>\n<p>Although May has said she is determined to remain Britain\u2019s leader for the entire five-year parliamentary term, Corbyn let it slip at the Glastonbury Festival that he expects to become PM within the next six months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/396076-corbyn-trolls-may-manifesto\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 12 Jul, 2017 09:21 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has mocked Prime Minister Theresa May\u2019s appeal for cross-party collaboration in policy making by sending her a copy of his party\u2019s manifesto. 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