Jeremy Corbyn vows to tackle 'rigged system' in battle with 'Establishment'

"We will not let the elite extract wealth from the pockets of ordinary working people any longer".

Mr Corbyn said that a Labour government would conduct "responsible" Brexit negotiations to ensure future trading relations with the remaining EU.

General Election 2017: What are the most "at risk" Scottish seats? "They're going to suffer very badly, and there's no way of polishing it up and seeing a bright side". He faced calls from some backbenchers for Labour to abstain on Wednesday's vote to trigger the election. Holding on to the seat will prove a challenge for whoever replaces Blenkinsop: the party's majority has been under 2,500 at both the 2010 and 2015 elections. Labour's wounds reflect the backlash that brought Britain its vote to leave the European Union, Donald Trump to the White House and a far-right candidate running a close race for the French presidency. It may not have a big impact, but I would think that May's arbitrary reversal on her pledge not to call for a new election before 2020 has to annoy and alienate more than a few voters. "That will take a political generation to overcome".

Ms Thornberry played down the significance of Mr Woodcock's comments: "John Woodcock doesn't have to worry because he doesn't have to vote for Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, so I don't really understand what he's talking about".

Bookmaker Ladbrokes gives Labour 12-1 odds of winning the snap election called by May this week.

Mr Corbyn's policy drive comes as recent polling on who would be the best prime minister saw him slump to 14% among all voters and also follows criticism by Labour MP Neil Coyle, who said a complaint made about him by the Islington North MP's office was "absurd". He accused the Conservatives, or Tories, of delivering higher debt, lower wages and more child poverty while cutting funding for hospitals and schools.

Jeremy Corbyn is vowing not to "play by the rules" if elected PM and insists the poll is not a foregone conclusion.

Much of the May brand, and her appeal, is built on the idea that she is a grown-up who gets on with the job and doesn't play political games.

But the small, openly pro-European Liberal Democrats say they are the only party that can gain seats at May's expense, mainly in areas in the comparatively well-off south of England, where they lost seats to the Conservatives two years ago but now have a chance to win them back.

"May's change of heart has caught everyone by surprise, but it's looking hard to see Labour springing their own (surprise) on June 8 with the Tories long odds-on for victory", said a Ladbrokes spokeswoman.

The problem for Labour is that while it has some policies that are "attractive" to the public, voters tend to vote on "broad perceptions of competence" and Corbyn isn't able to get his message across, according to Wells at YouGov. At the same time, he's alienated a chunk of his parliamentary group with poor organisation and radical left views and was accused of a lackluster contribution to keeping Britain in the EU.

"On June 8 every vote is going to count".

And as the shadow foreign secretary was pushed on who would be affected by a tax crackdown, she replid: "The question is, we'll need to go into the details as to what our changes to taxation will be". No margin of error was given.