John McDonnell has told the BBC that Labour will seek to form a minority government.
Speaking to Andrew Neil, Labour’s shadow chancellor said: “The problem that we’ve got is that . . . the Conservative Party, particularly under Theresa May, is an unstable coalition in itself, will fall apart. We’ve already seen this morning, Tory MPs calling on Theresa May to go, saying her position is untenable, and Boris Johnson and David Davis on manoeuvres, looking for alternative leadership, so I don’t think they can form a stable government.
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