“So I say to the prime minister again: I am quite happy to talk, but the starting point for any talks about Brexit must be that the threat of a disastrous no-deal outcome is ruled out,” Jeremy Corbyn said.Read More →
“If a government cannot get its legislation through parliament, it must go to the country for a new mandate. There can be no doubt that this is indeed a zombie government.” – Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told parliament.Read More →
“My own view is that I would rather get a negotiated deal now if we can to stop the danger of a no-deal exit from the EU on 29 March which would be catastrophic for industry, catastrophic for trade.” – British opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.Read More →
Jeremy Corbyn to call for a General Election if Theresa May loses vote in Parliament over her Brexit Plans. Two Labour officials confirmed the party would call a vote of confidence in Theresa May within days of the likely defeat of her Brexit deal.Read More →
Jeremy Corbyn urged Theresa May to now rule out a no-deal “once and for all”.Read More →
Jason Arthur, co-founder of FFS, said the figures showed the “massive risk” Jeremy Corbyn faced if he failed to oppose Brexit.Read More →
“I want us to have a vote as soon as possible, that’s what I’ve been saying for the past two weeks, and if that means recalling Parliament to have the vote let’s have it.” – UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.Read More →
“Students and young people will not forget or forgive politicians who sell them down the river by backing a Brexit that limits our life opportunities and makes us poorer,” said Richard Brooks, who heads the pro-EU For our Future’s Sake.Read More →
Fellow Labour MP Wes Streeting also criticised Mr Jeremy Corbyn: “Why peddle this myth that Labour would be able to renegotiate a Brexit deal at this 11th hour? How would Labour’s Brexit be any better than remaining in the EU?Read More →
“No-deal would be a disaster for our country and no responsible government would ever allow it,” UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said.Read More →
“So, Mr Speaker, as the only way I can think of ensuring a vote takes place this week, I am about to table a motion which says the following: that this house has no confidence in the prime minister, due to her failure to allow the House of Commons to have a meaningful vote straight away on the withdrawal agreement… that will be tabled immediately.” – Jeremy Corbyn, UK Labour Party Leader.Read More →
Andrew Gwynne, who is Labour Party’s policy chief for communities and local government said: “We will be using whatever mechanisms we have at our disposal next week to try and force the government to bring forward that deal for a vote before Christmas.” Read More →
“The government has decided Theresa May’s Brexit deal is so disastrous that it has taken the desperate step of delaying its own vote at the eleventh hour,” Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a statement. Read More →
“The stakes could not be higher. If we cannot rise to the task, then we will smooth the path to power of the fake populists,” Jeremy Corbyn said in a speech to the annual congress of the Party of European Socialists in Lisbon. Read More →
“In nine days time, parliament has got to take probably the most important decision it has taken for a generation and it’s obviously important that we know the full legal implications of what the prime minister wants us to sign up to,” Keir Starmer said.Read More →
“We wouldn’t have a deal with other political parties,” Labour finance spokesman John McDonnell said. “We believe we will win the next election with a handsome majority.”Read More →
Philip Hammond was reasonably honest with people in a series of interviews this morning – so honest that someone decided that he would not come to the House of Commons to answer questions from MPs this afternoon. Theresa May, on the other hand, was less straightforward.Read More →