'Ready to serve' in govt

British Prime Minister Theresa May should step down after losses for her Conservative Party in the general election, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said yesterday.

May "has lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that's enough to go," Corbyn said after being re-elected in his Islington North constituency in central London.

May's Conservative party won the snap election but lose its parliamentary majority. May's party seats  fall from 330 to 318, short of a majority in the 650-seat House of Commons.

Jeremy Corbyn has said the Labour Party is “ready to serve” following the election result, but added that he would not do any deals or pacts.

The Labour leader said the party would serve the country because it is "what they fought the election for", and mocked Theresa May for her pledges for a "strong and stable" leadership.

Speaking to the BBC on Friday morning, Mr Corbyn said: “We are ready to serve this country. That is what we fought the election for. And this is the programme we put forward in this election.

He mocked May's election campaign slogan that she would provide “strong and stable” leadership, saying: “She fought the election on the basis that it was her campaign, it was her decision to call the election, it was her name out there, and she was saying she was doing it to bring about strong and stable government.

“Well this morning it doesn't look like a strong government, it doesn't look like a stable government, it doesn't look like a government that has any programme whatsoever.”

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell has said Labour expects to oust Ms May from No 10 and to form a minority government, saying: "I don't want to be derogatory, but I think [Theresa May] is a lame duck now.”

He added that Labour would not attempt to delay the Brexit talks, he said, which the EU hopes to start within two weeks.