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18 March 2015updated 07 Jun 2021 4:46pm

Dominic Grieve: I will not “facilitate“ a Corbyn government

By Stephen Bush

British Conservative party politician Dominic Grieve addresses the Peoples Vote Rally: "The wind is changing on Brexit", in Westminster, central London on April 9, 2019. - British Prime Minister Theresa May meets the leaders of Germany and France on Tuesday in a last-gasp bid to keep her country from crashing out of the European Union later this week. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP) (Photo credit should read TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Dominic Grieve, a leading Conservative rebel, said that he “will not facilitate” a Jeremy Corbyn government in an email seen by the New Statesman. 

It is a further blow to Labour hopes that a caretaker or unity government can be established with Corbyn at its head. 

In the email, Grieve, the former attorney general and key player in multiple government defeats, replied to a highly critical message about Corbyn’s letter asking for support to lead a caretaker administration saying that, “I entirely agree. I am not about to facilitate Jeremy Corbyn’s arrival in Downing Street.”

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