30 May 2019 | UK NEWS
Jeremy Corbyn has told ITV News that he believes any Brexit deal should be put to the people in a new referendum, although he denies this would be a re-run of the 2016 vote to leave the European Union.
He said: “If Parliament comes to an agreement then it’s reasonable, if Parliament wishes it, there should be a public vote on it, but that is some way off,” adding that an election or a referendum was now the “only way out” for the country.
Mr Corbyn’s comments came in the light of the Conservative Party leadership contest, saying that the prospect of a “no-deal zealot” leading the party was what made this necessary. However, he also stated that he would work with Tory moderates to help prevent a no-deal exit from the EU, saying he would do “whatever is necessary”, although exactly how he might do so remains unclear.
It comes as Conservative leadership contestant Dominic Raab attacked the Labour Party for its “inaction” on tackling anti-Semitism in a video he posted today. In it, he suggests that Labour’s failure to deal with the issue now makes it a “stain on our country”.
Mr Raab spoke about his father’s journey to England at the age of six, mentioning that he did not speak any English when he arrived, but nevertheless as a young man “grasped the opportunities and embraced the tolerance that our great country offers.” He added: “I believe all parties must preserve the free and tolerant democracy that I know from my own family’s experience we are lucky to have in this country.”
Elsewhere, The Telegraph reports today that the Labour Party’s decision to expel Alastair Campbell after he publicly admitted to voting for the Liberal Democrats in last week’s European Parliament elections will now be reviewed, amid reports that Cherie Blair did the same.
The Independent carries a story reporting that Layla Moran MP (Lib Dems) has called for an enquiry into the UK’s handling of the European Parliament elections, after some EU citizens were turned away at polling stations and told they ought to “vote in their own country”.
