John McDonnell has revealed Labour plans to hold secret talks with Tory MPs to push for a softer Brexit and bring down the Government.
Speaking from Glastonbury, where his leader Jeremy Corbyn was reported to have spoken to the biggest crowd of the festival, Mr McDonnell laid out his plans for a pact between Labour and Tory MPs.
He told BBC 5Live that Labour will use "every parliamentary mechanism possible" to overturn Theresa May's Brexit plan.
Asked if he had a message to Tory MPs unhappy with the Government's Brexit plan, the shadow
chancellor said: "I think what they should be doing is talking directly to Keir.
"What we’ve said all the way along is – it’s interesting that Philip Hammond and others are now saying jobs first Brexit or a Brexit that protects the economy.
"If you remember that was in my first speech within a week of the referendum, and that is exactly the tone we have struck.
"I’m hoping there’ll be a number of Conservative MPs who follow what Keir and Jeremy have been saying in recent months, which is about protecting our economy, protecting jobs and about the objections rather than just the structures we will be concentrating on.
“Think of the interests of the country rather than the interests of short-term party or parliamentary gain."
Mr McDonnell suggested that Labour may force a vote in Parliament on the rights of EU migrants, which could end in a humiliating loss for the ruling Conservative Government.
He said: "Well, we put a similar motion forward last year and we got a majority, but the motion had no legislative effect.
"There will be many issues like that, where we will try to defeat the government where we can.
"We will use every parliamentary mechanism we can to defeat the government.
"It is also a matter of saying to MPs that they have a duty to the interests of the country, not just the party.
"More than ever, MPs in this Parliament should be voting on principle, not party."
He also predicted had the election campaign gone on for two more weeks, Mr Corbyn would have won a majority.
The left-wing MP said Labour's manifesto had moved the centre-ground to them, as he told John Pienaar: "We are the centre now.
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