‘Disingenuous’ and ‘Insulted’: Labour’s Brexit Divisions Exposed
- Discipline frays as MPs walk EU Withdrawal Bill ‘tightrope’
- Opposition whips unable to keep members in line on EEA vote
This article is for subscribers only.
Prime Minister Theresa May isn’t the only U.K. political leader with a party that’s divided and increasingly belligerent over Europe. Jeremy Corbyn’s opposition Labour is in a similar bind.
His spokesman said it would be “impossible” for Labour to be as split on the issue as May’s Tories. The official party line on Brexit has been shifting toward having closer ties with the European Union with an eye to toppling May.