Corbyn could win this election. But only if he promises to step down after seeing through a second referendum

The solitary way he can seriously shift the momentum is by preemptively consenting to the one thing that will win the electorate over

Matthew Norman
Sunday 01 December 2019 23:14 GMT
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If Jeremy Corbyn wants to deprive Boris Johnson of a majority and form a minority government, he has a narrow but viable path.

It is one no prospective leader has taken before. It would be as spectacular as unprecedented. It might fail, though I believe it would work.

It would be a binding promise to the electorate best reserved, for maximum impact, for his opening remarks at Friday night’s live debate with Johnson (assuming the yellow-bellied wretch shows up). It would run vaguely on these lines:

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