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McDonnell: Labour open to no-confidence vote if needed

29 August

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United Kingdom Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell (pictured) stated on Thursday that the Labour Party would be in favor of a motion of no confidence in the government if that is the way to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

"We’ll use every parliamentary device we possibly can. If that means a vote of no confidence at some stage, then we’re open to it, that is on the table," McDonnell noted. Asked about the possibility of an early election, he said: "Bring it on!" and added UK lawmakers have to do "everything we can, working on a cross-party basis, to block a no-deal Brexit."

McDonnell slammed Prime Minister Boris Johnson for proroguing Parliament, claiming the move shows the prime minister's "deep-seated arrogant sense of entitlement" and the fact that Johnson doesn't see himself "as a modern-day Prime Minister, whose authority rests upon the support of a Parliamentary democracy."

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