HARD-LEFT firebrand John McDonnell last night threatened to drag the Queen into a constitutional crisis over Brexit.
The Shadow Chancellor said Labour would “take over” if Boris Johnson refused to quit in the wake of a no confidence vote.
And his party would send leader Jeremy Corbyn to Buckingham palace “in a cab”.
He also threatened to jail Tory MPs over benefits cuts if the party ever comes to power.
McDonnell said: “I don’t want to drag the Queen into this but I would be sending Jeremy Corbyn in a cab to Buckingham Palace to say we’re taking over.”
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith told the Daily Telegraph: “They will effectively arrive toting their guns. It’s basically a coup.”
Mr McDonnell was last night quizzed over his threat to jail Tories after previously declaring: “One day, I warn you, we will try them.”
Pressed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by host Iain Dale on what law he might use to prosecute them, he replied: “I might want to invent it.”
Tory MP and party vice chairman Paul Scully responded: “It comes as little surprise McDonnell wants to invent laws to silence opponents.
“This is a man with a sinister history, who has called for a female MP to be lynched, ‘direct action’ against opposing MPs and praised the bombs and bullets of the IRA.”
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