London (AFP)

"We must work together": Labor again called on other opposition parties and some conservatives on Thursday to support the plan of its leader Jeremy Corbyn, who wants to thwart a Brexit without agreement by bringing down the government of Boris Johnson.

"We have to work together, even though we often do not like what people are saying, we need to prevent a Brexit without agreement," Rebecca Long-Bailey, Minister of Economy in the shadow cabinet, said Thursday. , at the microphone of the BBC.

The Boris Johnson government is determined to leave the European Union on October 31, whether or not it has succeeded in renegotiating the agreement reached between former Prime Minister Theresa May and Brussels.

But he only has a slim majority of one vote in Parliament. Opposite, the main opposition parties are Labor (247 deputies), the Scottish National Party SNP (35 deputies) and the Liberal Democratic Party (14).

Rebecca Long-Bailey in particular called Jo Swinson, new head of Lib Dem, to reconsider his position.

For though she claimed to be "ready to work with anyone to stop Boris Johnson," in her first speech Thursday in London as a leader, she also expressed her great reluctance towards Jeremy Corbyn, which she considers "factor of divisions", even within the Labor Party, and therefore unable to build a majority.

According to her, an emergency government should be led by the Member who has served the most years in the House of Commons, citing Conservative Ken Clarke or Labor Harriet Harman.

Ian Blackford of the SNP supported a no-confidence motion and Liz Saville Roberts of the Welsh party Plaid Cymru (4 MPs) said he was open to a unity government.

On Wednesday, Jeremy Corbyn wrote to the main opposition parties and four Conservative MPs opposed to a hard Brexit to present his plan. "This government has no mandate for an exit without agreement, and the 2016 referendum did not provide a mandate for an exit without agreement," he said in his letter. "That's why I intend to table a motion of censure as soon as possible, when we are guaranteed to win."

- Invitation accepted -

Conservative MPs Nick Boles, Dominic Grieve, Oliver Letwin and Caroline Spelman agreed Thursday to meet their main political opponent.

"We agree that the common priority should be to work together in Parliament to prevent a Brexit without agreement and accept your invitation to discuss the different ways to achieve this," they told him, according to a letter tweeted by a journalist from Sky News.

"We would be happy to meet you and your colleagues from other opposition parties (...) in the weeks leading up to the resumption of Parliament," they said on 3 September.

Caroline Spelman however told Sky News that she would not support "under any circumstances" a temporary government led by Jeremy Corbyn.

- Plan -

Once the motion of censure was tabled, Jeremy Corbyn said he would seek the confidence of Parliament as the leader of a "temporary government, strictly limited in time, with the goal of convening general elections".

To organize such elections, the boss of the Labor wants to obtain a new postponement of the Brexit, currently set to 31 October.

Labor would then campaign for a new referendum on EU membership, which would mention the possibility for the UK to remain a member.

For Downing Street, MPs face "a clear choice": "either Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister, who will overrule the referendum and destroy the economy, Either Boris Johnson as Prime Minister, who will respect the referendum and release more than money for the NHS (public health service) and will deploy more police on our streets. "

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