Corbyn welcomes Theresa May's call for general election

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Over at the Liberal Democrats, the party are hoping to regain some of the votes they lost in in general election in 2015.

But he added: "I can't countenance endorsing him for a role which I think even he, though he may say differently in front of the cameras, does not think he is fit to carry out".

The bookmakers gave odds of 5 to 1 for no overall majority.

The Prime Minister, who performed a U-turn by calling for a vote on June 8, said an election would also improve the UK's position in negotiations with European Union leaders.

"May's change of heart has caught everyone by surprise, but it's looking hard to see Labour springing their own (surprise) on June 8 with the Tories long odds-on for victory", said a Ladbrokes spokeswoman.

"I say to Theresa May, who said this election was about leadership: Come on and show some".

"Our call for a meeting between party leaders isn't about the Greens standing aside - it's about giving people in this country the best possible chance of defeating the Conservatives and bringing in a truly democratic voting system", the leaders wrote.

In the 2015 general election under then leader Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrats lost 48 of its seats in the House of Commons, leaving them with just eight MPs.

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Theresa May has confirmed she will not face Jeremy Corbyn in televised debates during the general election. "We have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done. before the detailed talks begin", May said Tuesday, despite previously denying that she would do so.

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The Prime Minister said she was committed to regaining control of Britain's borders but refused to be drawn on whether free movement of labour would end as soon as the United Kingdom withdrew from the EU.

Scotland's First Minister said: "She is clearly betting that the Tories can win a bigger majority in England given the utter disarray in the Labour Party".

She said: "In David Cameron I follow in the footsteps of a great modern prime minister".

Ms Thornberry played down the significance of Mr Woodcock's comments: "John Woodcock doesn't have to worry because he doesn't have to vote for Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party, so I don't really understand what he's talking about".

In a preview of her election strategy, Mrs May said: "I will be taking out to the country in this campaign a proud record of a Conservative government".

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