UK’s Jeremy Corbyn canvasses support to break Brexit deadlock
The Labour leader wants to trigger a general election with a vote of no-confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May
Wakefield — British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on legislators to help his opposition party “break the deadlock” over Brexit and support his call for a motion of no-confidence in the government to trigger an election. Pledging to vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal next week, Corbyn said only a Labour government could secure an accord with the EU that would reunite Britain, a move that would, he acknowledged, probably require an extension of the Brexit talks with Brussels. Parliament is deadlocked over how to proceed with Brexit, Britain’s biggest shift in foreign and trade policy in more than 40 years, and is expected to vote against May’s deal on Tuesday, plunging the country’s departure from the EU into deeper uncertainty.
With less than three months before Britain leaves the EU, May has warned legislators if they do vote down her deal, they would be opening the way for a disorderly exit or for Brexit never to happen at all. Corbyn said if May had conf...
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