How a failed Brexit could bring Corbyn to power
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fter a political high-wire act lasting three years, during which she survived multiple attempts to bring her down, British prime minister Theresa May succumbed to electoral gravity last week and announced she would resign as Conservative Party leader on June 7.
May’s tearful resignation speech fired the opening gun on the race to succeed her as Tory leader and prime minister — a contest that has high stakes for Britain’s Jewish community. With Conservative voters looking to break the deadlock in negotiations to take the UK out of the European Union, the race is likely to bring a hard Brexiteer to power. The early polls give the lead to former foreign secretary and London mayor Boris Johnson.
“We will leave the EU on 31 October, deal or no deal,” Boris Johnson said, speaking hours after May’s resignation speech. “The way to get a good deal is to prepare for a no deal.”
Although the pro-Israel Johnson is seen as capable of defeating Jeremy Corbyn, a new path to power for the Labour leader (who reaffirmed his support for Hamas after this month’s Gaza flare-up) has opened: the reemergence of Brexit mastermind Nigel Farage, whose start-up Brexit Party could split the Conservative vote at the next general election.
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