Jeremy Corbyn gave these excuses for blocking an election … and he sounded utterly desperate – Telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph.co.uk

The funny thing is:Jeremy Corbynprobably does wantan election. Unfortunately, however, his MPs don’t. This has left him with two miserable options. Claim that he doesn’t want an election – thus making himself look weak. Or admit that he does want an election, but he can’t get his own MPs to back him – thus making himself look even weaker.

  Poor man. This evening in the Commons,Boris Johnsonchallenged the Labor leader to an election on December 12. From between our fingers, we watched as Mr Corbyn scrambled frantically for a reason to refuse. 

It was tough going. For the first six minutes of his speech, Mr Corbyn didn’t mention the election at all. Instead, he raved and gibbered about more …