Corbyn Names Brexit Team, Says Labour Is ‘Ready’ for EU Talks
- Starmer, Thornberry, Gardiner to lead Labour Brexit team
- Labour is regaining in the polls as May’s Tories stumble
May Takes Center Stage at Debate She Didn’t Attend
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Jeremy Corbyn unveiled his team of Brexit negotiators, moving to dispel accusations by Prime Minister Theresa May that his Labour Party isn’t prepared for Brexit talks starting soon after next week’s general election.
Days after May said Corbyn would be “alone and naked” in the negotiating chamber, the party leader announced that his spokespeople on Brexit, foreign affairs and international trade -- Keir Starmer, Emily Thornberry and Barry Gardiner -- would sit at the negotiating table. He repeated the word “ready,” and criticized May’s “reckless” approach to Brexit.