(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) London, March 26 (QNA) - British Labour party will vote against any final Brexit deal unless it delivers the "exact same benefits" as the UK enjoys currently within the European Union, the Independent quoted on SundayJeremy Corbyn as saying.
Warning of a "huge threat to jobs", the Labour leader toughened his party's stance if Theresa May returns from the Brussels negotiations with bad exit terms.Asked if Labour would then "vote against the deal" despite supporting the triggering of the Article 50 exit clause, Corbyn indicated that it would.
Setting his key test, he said: "We are very clear that there has to be unfettered access to the European market otherwise the threat to jobs in this country is absolutely huge." Corbyn pointed to the needs of the car industries and other manufacturers, adding: "If we don't maintain this unfettered access to European markets than, quite clearly, those industries are very much at risk." However Corbyn denied Labour was now "committed to voting against Brexit". "No, we are not," he replied. "We respect the result of the referendum, that's clear.
"We are not in a position of knowing what the deal is yet, so this is pretty high level of speculation when we are two years away from that particular vote." The tough stance comes just three days before the Prime Minister triggers Article 50 the formal process for starting exit talks and ending the UK's 44-year membership of the EU. (QNA)
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