Thomas Harris: 'If he plays a clever game for early election, Corbyn could soon have the keys to No10'

Corbyn needs to keep the focus on the crumbling government and the prospects of an early election. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Thomas Harris
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Jeremy Corbyn's quickest route to Downing Street is an early election, not a second referendum. It's a frustrating time to be a Labour MP. When is it not, you may respond. But as the British government gives every appearance of suffering a breakdown and Theresa May's career seems to be hanging by an ever-fraying thread, the opposition benches must surely be wondering what might have been.

Before the latest cabinet and junior ministerial resignations were prompted by the cabinet's approval of the draft EU withdrawal agreement, the polls were showing a surprising but fairly consistent lead for the Conservatives.