We can still form a government, vows Corbyn, as Tories round on Theresa May

Jeremy Corbyn has hailed Labour’s “incredibly good result” and said Labour is ready to oust Theresa May and form its government.

Corbyn described the prospect of a second general election as a “good thing” as senior Tories including ex-MP George Osborne lined up to attack Theresa May.

As expectations mounted that Labour could draw up its own Queen’s Speech, the party leader vowed “we can still do this”.

“We didn’t win the election… but we had an incredibly good result,” the Labour leader said today.

Corbyn said that he would “put down a substantial amendment to the Queen’s Speech” and urge MPs from across the Commons to these amendments containing parts of Labour’s manifesto including points for a “jobs first Brexit.”

Labour is “ready and able” to form a government, he said on BBC’s Marr show.

“I’m the most generous person in the world,” Corbyn said, when asked about figures such as Chuka Umunna and Yvette Cooper might be making a return to the frontbench, whilst making clear that he wouldn’t be appointing a shadow cabinet live on air.

He said that he expected Sinn Fein would not break their stance of refusing to take up their Commons seats and attempted to turn the Tories’ “coalition of chaos” line back on them to describe their deal with the DUP as “quite chaotic.”

“We can’t go on with a period of great instability,” he added, as he hinted at the likelihood of another general election – which has the potential to see him returned as prime minister.

Asked by Andrew Marr whether he was in it for the long haul he said “look at me, I’ve got youth on my side.” He was clear that he believes that he still could be prime minister in an interview with the Sunday Mirror. 

Corbyn also said the Great Repeal bill, which was intended to strike EU laws from the British statute book and transfer them, is now “history” and that there would be plans for “something different” in a few weeks time.