UK: Corbyn voices support for general election amid Brexit fiasco

United Kingdom opposition Labour Party Chief Jeremy Corbyn has reportedly voiced support for a general election in December amid Brexit fiasco. He told his top team of policy advisers on Tuesday the party's condition for supporting a new election had been met and "we will now launch the most ambitious and radical" election campaign.

"I have consistently said that we are ready for an election and our support is subject to a no-deal Brexit being off the table," Corbyn told his so-called shadow cabinet, according to his office. "We have now heard from the EU that the extension of Article 50 to 31st January has been confirmed, so for the next three months, our condition of taking no-deal off the table has now been met. We will now launch the most ambitious and radical campaign for real change our country has ever seen."

Prime Minister Johnson is expected to push for a general election on December 12 and Corbyn has said to parliament, "whatever date the House decides the election will be, I'm ready for it, we're ready for it."

As the European Union agreed to a third delay to the divorce that was originally supposed to take place on March 29, the United Kingdom, its parliament and its electorate remain divided on how or indeed whether to go ahead with Brexit.

The first Christmas election in Britain since 1923 would be highly unpredictable: Brexit has variously fatigued and enraged swathes of voters while eroding traditional loyalties to the two major parties, Conservative and Labour.