Corbyn pledges to use parliamentary process to 'stop' Johnson

Speaking at the start of a three-day tour of Scotland in Dunfermline on Thursday, the Labour Party leader indicated that parliamentarians would pursue legislative means to stop the Prime Minister and avert a no-deal Brexit. “We will be back in Parliament on Tuesday to challenge Boris Johnson on what I think is a smash and grab raid against our democracy,” said Mr Corbyn. “I had a very constructive meeting with the leaders of all the opposition parties in my office a couple of days ago to go through these and we’re going to do everything we can to ensure that Parliament is able to assert itself on behalf of the British people to prevent a no-deal exit from the EU.” Earlier on Thursday, Mr Corbyn also said that a Labour government would not allow another Scottish independence vote to be held in its “formative years”. “In the early years we would be asking very strongly for this not to be put forward as a priority, but instead we work together to improve the economy of the whole of the UK and give that incoming Labour government a chance to deal with the aftermath of 10 years of austerity, the investment that’s needed in Scotland and also the crucial issues like universal credit which areso damaging to the poorest and vulnerable people all across Scotland.”