Ged Killen, MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, said: “It was great to welcome Jeremy Corbyn and Richard Leonard to Blantyre on Sunday.

“Whilst our immediate priority must be to stop a no-deal Brexit and secure an extension to article 50, what was clear today is that our members and activists are energised and ready to fight a General Election whenever it comes.

“I was also really pleased to see people who are not signed up members who came to hear from Jeremy about Labour’s radical plans to transform our society and our economy so that it delivers equality, fairness and prosperity for working people instead of a select few at the top.

“When the prize is this big, the fight will always be tough but, against the odds, we won in Rutherglen and Hamilton West in 2017 and we are ready to do it all over again.”