Brexit: I had no choice but to approach Labour – May
Downing Street says the PM had to hold cross-party talks or risk letting Brexit “slip through our fingers”…
Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted she had to reach out to Labour in a bid to deliver Brexit or risk letting it “slip through our fingers”.
In a statement on Saturday night, Mrs May said there was a “stark choice” of either leaving the European Union with a deal or not leaving at all.
Some Conservatives have criticised her for seeking Labour’s help after MPs rejected her Brexit plan three times.
Three days of talks between the parties ended without agreement on Friday.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was “waiting to see the red lines move” and had not “noticed any great change in the government’s position”.
He is coming under pressure from his MPs to demand a referendum on any deal he reaches with the government, with 80 signing a letter saying a public vote should be the “bottom line” in the negotiations.
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