"I wanted to unite the country that I love but I'm sorry that we came up short," wrote Jeremy Corbyn.Credit:
Labour lost 59 seats as the Conservative Party won a majority of 365 in the 650-member parliament with 43.6 per cent of votes under Britain's constituency based,winner-takes-all electoral system.
"I wanted to unite the country that I love but I'm sorry that we came up short and I take my responsibility for it,"Corbyn,who has agreed to step down early next year,wrote in the Labour-supportingSunday Mirror.
InThe Observer newspaper,he wrote:"The polarisation in the country over Brexit made it more difficult for a party with strong electoral support on both sides."
Johnson campaigned to"get Brexit done"while Corbyn offered voters a second referendum on Brexit but said Labour would remain neutral on the outcome.
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"I believe we paid a price for being seen by some as trying to straddle that divide or re-run the referendum,"Corbyn wrote.
Many politicians and media commentators,including some Labour lawmakers,questioned Corbyn's leadership over Brexit.
They also accused the veteran anti-racism campaigner of failing to tackle anti-Semitism in Labour linked to fervent support for Palestinian causes by many party members.