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There will be no pacts with other parties in upcoming general election, Corbyn says
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn leaves after speaking at an activists training event at the GLO Centre in Motherwell, Scotland

JEREMY CORBYN insisted today there will be no pacts with any other parties in any forthcoming general election.

Speaking to hundreds of delegates at Unite’s Scottish policy conference in Ayr, the Labour leader reiterated he would be “very happy” to fight a general election once the threat of a no-deal Brexit is completely ruled out.

He said that a no-deal Brexit was “still there as a threat,” adding: “It’s got to be completely removed before we’ll support an election.

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