Usually when an official party spokesman has to issue a statement ‘clarifying’ what a politician meant to say in a radio interview, you can take it as a sign that something has gone wrong. However, not for Jeremy Corbyn – who appears to have mastered the art of clever* misspeaking
Appearing on The World At One this afternoon, the Labour leader appeared to shed some light on his party’s ever-changing Brexit position. With Labour MPs broadly united behind a transition period in which the UK remains a member of the single market, Corbyn suggested that they could go one step further: the UK could continue to be a member even after Britain has properly left the EU.
Martha Kearney: The TUC wants the UK to stay in the single market permanently. Could we stay in indefinitely?
Jeremy Corbyn: I obviously meet with the TUC. There has to be a trade relationship with Europe whether that is formally within the single market or that is an agreement to trade within the single market, I think, is open for discussion.
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