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Sep 9, 2019 · For decades, Jeremy Corbyn was among the EU’s strongest critics. Today, he is the last line of defence against Britain leaving the bloc on Oct. 31 without a withdrawal agreement.
- Backbench Eurosceptic
- ‘Lukewarm’ Referendum Campaign?
- Immediate Reaction to Brexit Vote
- Pushing Ahead with Brexit
- Shifting Sands on Second Referendum
- Is Labour The Party of Remain?
It’s fair to say that for the majority of his political life, Mr Corbyn has been less than enthusiastic about the EU. In 2015, he told Reuters that he voted against Britain’s membershipof the trade bloc’s forerunner, the European Economic Community, when Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson put the question to a public ballot in 1975. And his scepti...
The Labour leader was criticised by somein the party for what they considered his “lukewarm” campaigning during the 2016 referendum. Just weeks before the vote, he famously told Channel 4’s The Last Leg that his enthusiasm for EU membership was about “seven, or seven and a half out of 10”. But in a separate speech at the time, he maintained that de...
On the day after the referendum, Mr Corbyn said his party would “accept the vote and move on”, and a few weeks later, explicitly ruled out a second referendum, saying “you have to respect the decision people made.”
Mr Corbyn moved closer to an actively pro-Brexit stance in March 2017, instructing Labour MPs to vote to trigger Article 50using the strongest tool at his disposal, a three-line whip. And in the spring, Labour’s election manifesto committedto a “jobs-first Brexit” in which Britain would “keep the benefits” of single market and customs union members...
Despite supporting a move to leave the single market and customs union (which has been associated with “harder” forms of Brexit), Mr Corbyn seemed to flirt with the remainer-friendly idea of a second ballot in the final months of 2017. That December, he said “we’ve not made any decision on a second referendum,” which some commentators took to mean ...
In July 2019, while the Conservative leadership contest was still underway, Mr Corbyn wrote to Labour members: “Whoever becomes the new Prime Minister should have the confidence to put their deal, or No Deal, back to the people in a public vote.” He continued: “In those circumstances, I want to make it clear that Labour would campaign for Remain ag...
Jun 18, 2018 · Jeremy Corbyn opposed the creation of the European Union (EU) under the Maastricht Treaty – speaking and voting against it in Parliament in 1993. During the 2016 referendum campaign, Left Leave highlighted repeated speeches he made in Parliament opposing Europe during 1993.
In March 2019, Corbyn said that he could vote leave in a second referendum, depending on the Brexit deal on offer. [67] Following the 2019 European Parliament election , Corbyn endorsed holding a referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement regardless of who negotiates it.
Sep 11, 2019 · Just 24 hours after Jeremy Corbyn hammered out a deal with the Labour-supporting unions, his deputy, Tom Watson, shattered any fragile unity. Mr Watson and many Labour activists want a clearer...
Sep 22, 2019 · In opting for lofty neutrality, Corbyn has put himself at odds with his longtime ally John McDonnell, his Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer and his Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry, as well as the vast majority of Labour MPs, activists, members and, indeed, voters.
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Nov 12, 2020 · Two key members of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet have called for the party to issue a '"full throated apology" for its stance on Brexit. Ex-party chairman Ian Lavery and former elections...
