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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reaches out to DUP saying they “dislike the backstop for very good and sensible reasons”, and that “absolutely” Labour’s Brexit negotiation can work for the party currently supporting the Government.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reaches out to DUP saying they “dislike the backstop for very good and sensible reasons”, and that “absolutely” Labour’s Brexit negotiation can work for the party currently supporting the Government.
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Asked by Sky News at summit of centre left EU political leaders and PMs in Lisbon, if he was making plans to form a minority government, without an election, Mr Corbyn said: “Listen we are ready to step in and negotiate seriously with the EU to put up a serious alternative” 2/10
Mr Corbyn suggested the Article 50 timetable could be extended to accommodate a negotiation:
“We’d start negotiating straight away. If it meant holding things a bit longer to do it, of course,”
“We’d start negotiating straight away. If it meant holding things a bit longer to do it, of course,”
Mr Corbyn when asked if the people with “Love Corbyn Hate Brexit” bags at his conference who want a second referendum with Remain as an option - “are they wrong?”
JC: - “No they’re not wrong..but option is there in our motion but we don’t get anywhere until we’ve defeated deal..”
JC: - “No they’re not wrong..but option is there in our motion but we don’t get anywhere until we’ve defeated deal..”
“...we are nearly there we are a few days away from it but let’s let it happen first”... said Corbyn.. full interview...
Corbyn highly dismissive of the Norway option as “not acceptable” and “it comes around every six weeks and then it goes away”
