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Sep 9, 2019 · Jeremy Corbyn, Britain’s unlikely EU warrior, makes last stand on Brexit. A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT. For decades, Jeremy Corbyn was among the EU’s strongest critics. Today, he is the last...
During the indicative votes on how to proceed regarding Brexit, Corbyn whipped a vote in favour of a public vote on the Brexit deal, but was defied by 40 Labour MPs in the second round (including 16 abstentions).
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It’s fair to say that for the majority of his political life, Mr Corbyn has been less than enthusiastic about the EU. In 2015, he told Reuters that he voted against Britain’s membershipof the trade bloc’s forerunner, the European Economic Community, when Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson put the question to a public ballot in 1975. And his scepti...
The Labour leader was criticised by somein the party for what they considered his “lukewarm” campaigning during the 2016 referendum. Just weeks before the vote, he famously told Channel 4’s The Last Leg that his enthusiasm for EU membership was about “seven, or seven and a half out of 10”. But in a separate speech at the time, he maintained that de...
On the day after the referendum, Mr Corbyn said his party would “accept the vote and move on”, and a few weeks later, explicitly ruled out a second referendum, saying “you have to respect the decision people made.”
Mr Corbyn moved closer to an actively pro-Brexit stance in March 2017, instructing Labour MPs to vote to trigger Article 50using the strongest tool at his disposal, a three-line whip. And in the spring, Labour’s election manifesto committedto a “jobs-first Brexit” in which Britain would “keep the benefits” of single market and customs union members...
Despite supporting a move to leave the single market and customs union (which has been associated with “harder” forms of Brexit), Mr Corbyn seemed to flirt with the remainer-friendly idea of a second ballot in the final months of 2017. That December, he said “we’ve not made any decision on a second referendum,” which some commentators took to mean ...
In July 2019, while the Conservative leadership contest was still underway, Mr Corbyn wrote to Labour members: “Whoever becomes the new Prime Minister should have the confidence to put their deal, or No Deal, back to the people in a public vote.” He continued: “In those circumstances, I want to make it clear that Labour would campaign for Remain ag...
Jeremy Corbyn has a tough weekend ahead of him as he tries to reconcile competing Brexit positions at Labour’s annual conference. The Labour leader has changed his stance on the EU many times over his parliamentary career, from being a backbench Eurosceptic to a pro-Brexit leader. He now says he wants a general election first, but Labour still pledge to hold another referendum.
Jun 18, 2018 · Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is a life-long Eurosceptic who voted against the EU in various referendums and treaties, and supported leaving the EU in 2016 and 2017. He has a long record of anti-EU comments and actions, and has repeatedly criticised Theresa May's Brexit deal.
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Mar 28, 2023 · Mr Corbyn stood down as leader, saying Brexit had "polarised and divided debate in this country". Getty Images. Mr Corbyn said he was dedicated to overturning the "rigged" system that...
Sep 11, 2019 · Brexit: What's Jeremy Corbyn's thinking? 11 September 2019. PA Media. By Iain Watson. Political correspondent, BBC News. Just 24 hours after Jeremy Corbyn hammered out a deal with the...
In July 2019, Corbyn announced Labour's policy was now that there must be a referendum on any Brexit deal, including the deal Labour would attempt to negotiate if it entered government, and that the party would campaign for Remain against any Tory Brexit.
