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December 15, 2019 "I take responsibility for the defeat". This is Jeremy Corbyn, who says he is "sorry" for an electoral catastrophe that has seen the red strongholds collapse also and above all. "In spite of our efforts, in these elections it has counted, in a fundamental way, the theme of Brexit", states the leader of the Labor party, which claims, at the same time, the goodness of a left-wing political program.

"The result of the elections - he writes - was a blow that anyone believes in the possibility of a real change", but "the Tory campaign has managed to convince many that only Boris Johnson would have made the Brexit". "We will learn the lesson that this defeat gives us - he underlines - above all listening to those traditional Labor voters that we have lost among the workers".

"Brexit is a scam, they will understand soon"
For Corbyn, the central message of the Conservatives, "Brexit", is fraudulent: "In the cities where they closed the steel mills, there was no more confidence in politics. But Boris Johnson's promise to do Brexit, sold as a a blow to the system was believed ". "Unfortunately - he continues - that slogan will soon reveal itself for what it is, false, which will further undermine confidence in politics". The Labor leader also criticizes the media, warning that the party must do more to "actively oppose this hostility" by media "owned and influenced by billionaires". Jeremy Corbyn recently announced that he will resign from the Labor Party leadership in January.

Sturgeon: we will not allow London to imprison Scotland
However, the early elections that gave the absolute majority to Boris Johnson's conservatives opened a delicate internal front, with the success of the Scottish nationalist party Snp which does not intend to leave the European Union and calls for a new referendum on independence. Scotland cannot be "imprisoned" and London must allow a new referendum on independence to be held, given the prospect of a withdrawal from the European Union against the will of the Scots, said SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon today.

Johnson's no to a new independence referendum
After winning the elections, Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Sturgeon that he will not allow another referendum in Scotland, insisting that a vote against independence took place in 2014 and was a one-time decision over the course of a generation. But Sturgeon, who also leads the Scottish government, told the BBC that the Scottish Nationalist Party has the right to demand another vote, after it won 48 of Scotland's 59 seats in the last election.

The rejection of Brexit
The Nationalist Party conducted an electoral campaign on the issues of a new referendum and the opposition to Brexit. It would be a "subversion of democracy" if Scotland were not allowed to hold another referendum, Sturgeon told the broadcaster. "We must ask ourselves in Scotland if we are happy to have the leadership of our country, the type of country we want to be, decided by a right-wing conservative government, perhaps for the next twenty years, or if we want to regain control of our future" , has continued. "Scotland cannot remain imprisoned in the United Kingdom against its will," he added. The Scottish leader has promised to publish a detailed democratic body this week for a transfer of powers, which would allow a second referendum on the independence of Scotland. In the 2016 Brexit referendum, 62% of Scottish voters voted to remain in the EU, while in the United Kingdom 52% voted to leave the European Union.

Brexit, before Christmas the bill in Parliament
Boris Johnson plans to bring the Brexit theme back to Parliament before Christmas. The deputy finance minister, Rishi Sunak, told the BBC. "The priority mandate we have from these elections is to complete the Brexit - he said - we will leave the European Union within a few weeks, by the end of January. Our intention is to bring the bill back to Parliament first Christmas".