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TEHRAN, November 25_Britain’s opposition Labour Party will reject the Brexit agreement reached with the European Union in the UK Parliament, its leader Jeremy Corbyn has reiterated.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) _Corbyn said on Sunday his party was positive that a Brexit deal finalized in an EU summit on Sunday will not ensure the interests of the British people and should be voted down when it comes for approval in the parliament in December.
“This is a bad deal for the country. It is the result of a miserable failure of negotiation that leaves us with the worst of all worlds. It gives us less say over our future, and puts jobs and living standards at risk. That is why Labour will oppose this deal in parliament,” said Corbyn in a statement after EU leaders rubber-stamped the Brexit agreement in a meeting in Brussels.
The Labour leader said, however, that his party will work with others in the parliament to prevent a highly-feared situation in which Britain would leave the EU on March 29, 2019, without a deal.
“We will work with others to block a no deal outcome, and ensure that Labour's alternative plan for a sensible deal to bring the country together is on the table,” said Corbyn.
A rejection of Brexit deal in the House of Commons could lead to different scenarios, including a government call for snap elections, which could give the Labour the chance to rise to power and take responsibility for a new round of Brexit negotiations.
However, EU leaders insisted after the summit on Sunday that there were no chances for a renegotiation of the Brexit agreement, saying that the deal reached with British Prime Minister Theresa May over the course of the past two years was the best and only solution available.
It is not only the Labour that is critical of the current Brexit agreement. Senior figures in May’s Conservative Party as well as Scottish and Irish parties have announced that they will reject the deal, each citing their own reasons.
May said last week after unveiling a draft of the deal in the parliament that some politicians like Corbyn did not care about national interests and were playing “party politics” with the the dispute over the Brexit agreement.
Source: Press TV
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