After months of mixed messages from Labour over the party’s position on Brexit, this evening Jeremy Corbyn attempted to set the record straight in an interview with Andrew Neil. Speaking on Britain and the EU: the Brexit interviews, Corbyn tried to clarify Labour’s position on Brexit now that Theresa May has formally triggered Article 50.
He said that his party would vote in Parliament against a Brexit deal if it does not meet the six tests set out by Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, earlier this week. When it was pointed out to him that a vote against the deal could lead to a ‘cliff edge’ Brexit on WTO terms, Corbyn said that he did not want the UK to leave without a deal — and hoped a ‘no vote’ would mean May continued the talks in search of a better deal. However, his words would have held a bit more meaning had any of Labour’s amendments to the Article 50 bill succeeded.
The most notable line, however, was on the subject of ‘IndyRef2’. Asked
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