5 Sep 2019

UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn pushes PM for referendum

From Morning Report, 7:21 am on 5 September 2019

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to get Parliament to agree to a snap election on October the 15th.

Earlier, Opposition MPs and Tory rebels voted in favour of a bill, 327 to 299, which will force the Prime Minister to ask for an extension beyond October 31st if a Brexit deal isn't reached.

Mr Johnson says that bill forces him to surrender in the negotiations, but the leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn says the PM doesn't have a plan to get a deal, and he should put his plan before the people in a referendum.

London correspondent Olly Barratt has the details.