Ministers Tell Theresa May to Ask Jeremy Corbyn for Help When Brexit Deal Dies
- May urged to invite Labour party leader to agree joint plan
- Premier faces historic Commons defeat in key vote on Jan. 15
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn in 2017.
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Senior British ministers are said to be urging Theresa May to seek help from her arch rival -- socialist Jeremy Corbyn -- if Parliament kills her Brexit deal in a crunch vote next week.
A group of mainly pro-European ministers want May to invite the opposition Labour party leader to meet her for negotiations in the hope of agreeing a joint plan, according to people familiar with the matter.