Theresa May presses Labour to reach Brexit deal, but leaks jeopardize talks GlobeBusiness
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday stepped up calls for Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to agree a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, following poor results for both parties in local elections on Thursday.
May’s Conservatives lost more than a thousand seats on English local councils that were up for re-election, and Labour - which would typically aim to gain hundreds of seats in a mid-term vote - lost 81. “At that point Labour could use their manifesto to argue for a softer Brexit if they wanted to and a new Conservative prime minister could argue for a harder Brexit,” a source cited by The Sunday Times said.
Nevertheless, McDonnell said talks would continue this week and if a deal could still be struck, it must be concluded quickly.A customs union would upset the most pro-Brexit members of the Conservative Party who say it does not honor the terms of the country’s 2016 vote to leave the EU.
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