JEREMY CORBYN said today that he is seeking a general election to reunite a divided Britain and renegotiate a Brexit deal, as opposed to a second referendum.

He also warned that Theresa May faces a vote of no confidence in her government “soon” if, as expected, her Withdrawal Agreement is rejected in a parliamentary vote due tomorrow.

Article 50 may have to be extended if his party came into power to allow for Ms May’s unpopular deal to be renegotiated, the Labour leader said on BBC1’s Andrew Marr Show.

He said: “Clearly, if Theresa May’s deal is voted down, clearly, if a general election takes place and a Labour government comes in — an election would take place February, March time — clearly, there’s only a few weeks between that and the leave date; there would have to be time for those negotiations.”

“My own view is I would rather get a negotiated deal now,” he also said.

Asked when Labour would table a motion of no confidence, Mr Corbyn said it would be “at a time of our choosing, but it’s going to be soon, don’t worry about it.”

He laid out Labour’s plans after Mr Marr asked him what the party would do if it is in government in a few months’ time.

Mr Corbyn said that the party would “set up an immediate process of negotiation with the EU” for a deal centred on a customs union, market access and protections of rights and privileges.

“But parallel with that will be a rapid programme on housing, on investment, on health, on social security, on education,” he added.

“Please understand the anger of so many people in this country at the way they feel the political elite and Establishment have let them down and ignored their communities.”

The Labour leader was speaking came as Ms May made a last-ditch plea to MPs to back her deal by speaking of a “catastrophic and unforgivable” breach of trust in democracy if Brexit is derailed by the agreement’s rejection.

It was also revealed by the Sunday Times that pro-Remain Tory MPs were plotting to hijack the Commons schedule to derail the Brexit process in the likely event that her deal is voted down.

They were scheming to change the Commons rules to enable back-bench motions to take precedence over government business.

Downing Street said it was “extremely concerned” at the reported plans.

As speculation mounted that Ms May’s deal would be defeated, her predecessor Sir John Major called for Article 50 to be revoked to halt Brexit and allow a second referendum, even though doing so would be “politically uncomfortable.”