John McDonnell: PM is behaving like a 'spoiled brat'

John McDonnell, Labour's shadow chancellor, is asked if he's happy the PM has finally asked for the Brexit delay, after weeks of speculation about whether he would.

"Not really," he says, saying Johnson "may well be in contempt of parliament or the courts themselves because he's clearly trying to undermine the law".

The PM is behaving like a spoilt child, he adds, saying while it is just "theatre", his actions also "drive at the heart of our democracy".

[beastieboy]

Behaving like a spoilt brat. Mcdonnell must be joking when the remainers will not accept the ref result.They have been throwing tantrums for nearly 3 and a half yrs.

[knight-vision-media]

What does John McDonnell know about democracy? NOTHING.

[mooronvamp]

There is nothing in the Ben act that says Boris cant voice his opinion to the EU ... so no law was broken .. well done Boris 💪💪💪

[AutoAlligator]

I live in a town that would be considered a labour stronghold in the north-west where the word "Tory" was a dirty word for a generation (or two). The depth of hatred for Labour here now is unbelievable.

[mikaham]

"Parliament made a decision and they should abide by it", Hey John, the PEOPLE made a decision, how about abiding by that!

[Charlie_Ses]

Remainers are going to lose their minds if this deal gets voted through. Like they haven't lost them already!!

[rjkmusicmedia]

Parliament sidelines the people, now they're annoyed the gov is sidelining them! Unbelievable.

[warnz]

Letwin should have his knighthood revoked

[daveatkinson]

The people made a decision Parliament should abide by that. Since when did the views of 320 people trump the views of 17.4 million. It's about time they woke up and started to act their age and not their shoe size!!!!

[alcbaz]

‘Parliament made a decision he should abide by it’ <— the public also made a decision fella, you should also abide by it. #generalelection 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[ldudley]

That's what we voted for out of the EU not half in and half out politicians work for us it's only Boris Johnson doing his job

[Spartacus-xpkk]

This isn’t about Labour scrutinising the deal, it is purely about delay and more delay. Labour are not going to vote in favour of ANY WA deal, scrutiny of the legislation or not.
A new referendum will take 6 months....more delay and only a fixed remain option on the ballot paper. A GE won’t be called during this time, as Labour know they can’t win it and BJ would just cancel the new referendum when elected anyway.

[davidharrison]

Labours done a lot damage since the referendum, Democracy

[Cyber_Crows]

That's hilarious given its coming from someone who spat their dummy out after losing the 2017 election.

[kennethdarby]

"Spoilt brat" boy oh boy, the brass neck on some folk is unreal!

[davejenkins]

John Macdonnel should lower his Union Jack and hoist the hammer and sickle,
A discrace.

[philiplindley]

Having been a Labour supporter all my life I deeply resent having to back the Tories but there's no other reasonable choice to get out of this logjam.

[peterjones]

Trust lol its all about trust yeah yeah labour want a peoples vote does anyone trust remainers to respect another vote if its leave again

[Blacksmith]

What a tiresome little man. Unfit to be an MP

[fredcapp]

THE PEOPLE MADE A DECISION, WE SHOULD ABIDE BY IT