UK Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will back early general election according to a statement released on Tuesday, Euronews reports.
“I have consistently said that we are ready for an election and our support is subject to no-deal Brexit being off the table,” the statement read.
“We have now heard from the EU that the extension of article 50 to 31st January has been confirmed, so for the next three months, our condition of taking no deal off the table has now been met.
We will now launch the most ambitious and radical campaign for real change our country has ever seen.”
On Monday, Boris Johnson failed to get the two-thirds majority in parliament he needed to secure an election under existing laws, after opposition parties largely abstained.
He says an election is necessary to end the deadlock over Brexit, which was supposed to have happened on Thursday.
He told the House of Commons that he would table a bill to change the law so that the government would only need a simple majority to force an election.
“We will not allow this paralysis to continue, and one way or another we must proceed straight to an election,” he said. “The government will give notice of presentation for a short bill for an election on 12 December so we can finally get Brexit done.”