Boris Johnson slams ‘sneering’ Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘betrayal’ of Brexit voters as he launches 72-hour Labour heartland blitz
BORIS Johnson has attacked Jeremy Corbyn for his “betrayal” of Brexit as he begins a 72-hour election blitz in Labour strongholds.
The PM will declare there are “just three days” left to save Brexit from “sneering” Jeremy Cobyn amid Tory fears that tactical voting could force him from No10.
Boris will accuse Mr Corbyn of "sticking two fingers up to the public" ahead of Thursday's General Election.
"Parliament has bent every rule and broken every convention as it has delayed, diluted and denied Brexit," he will say.
"They won their seats on a false prospectus and then stuck two fingers up to the public.
"Now they are proposing another referendum – this time rigging the result by extending the franchise to two million EU citizens.
"It's been the Great Betrayal, orchestrated from Islington by politicians who sneer at your values and ignore your votes."
Pro EU groups mounted an all-out bid at the weekend to persuade all Remainers to join forces in key seats under the banner of ‘Stop Boris'.
As the general election entered its final week:
- Opinion polls continued to tighten, with one survey by ComRes showing the Tory lead narrowing to only eight points
- Heavy rain and chilly temperatures on Thursday are also worrying senior Tories as it may deter some of their older supporters from going to the polls
- Battered by criticism that Boris has been kept cooped up to avoid PR disasters, Tory campaign chiefs are going to let him loose in the final days to engage with ordinary people in pubs and high streets
- The Tories also unleashed a massive online advertising blitz, including buying the top spot on YouTube, in a bid to persuade backers to turn out and vote on Thursday
There were warnings yesterday that an unprecedented number of voters are still to make up their minds, with three million people saying they may switch before polling day.
Sunderland has been picked as the starting point for the PMs tour today, as the symbolic North East city where the Brexit revolution first began on the night of the EU referendum.
There, he will deliver a speech to workers to declare: “If I return to Downing Street with a majority, I will work night and day to deliver for you.
“I will make sure Sunderland’s voice will be heard in the corridors of Westminster and Whitehall like never before."
Repeating his pledge to invest billions more in the NHS, schools, infrastructure and the police, Mr Johnson will say: “We have just three days to make that a reality.
'DITHER AND DELAY'
“Three days to break the deadlock and avoid a hung Parliament, three days to stop the Corbyn-Sturgeon plan for two more referendums, three days to get Brexit done, three days to unleash this country’s potential and move forward with confidence.”
Tactical voting by just 40,700 people in 36 battleground constituencies could halt a Conservative majority, the pro-EU Best for Britain group estimated yesterday.
But issuing a call for all voters, Remain or Leave, to give him a decisive majority, Boris will also say in his speech: “It’s now been 1,264 days since Sunderland’s roar was heard on the night of 23 June 2016.
“1,264 days in which Parliament should have delivered what you voted for, taken us out of the EU, and addressed all the reasons you voted so decisively for change.
“Instead we have had 1,264 days of dither and delay, prevarication and procrastination, obfuscation and obstruction.”
Sticking the blame on Jeremy Corbyn for voting down Brexit deals four times, Mr Johnson will add: “The Labour party has let you down most of all”.
It emerged the PM is facing a close race in his own seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where he is defending a majority of only 5,000.
The Lib Dems were reported to have quietly given up campaigning there to give Labour candidate Ali Milani a free run at Boris.
