Jeremy Corbyn has condemned the government’s threat to turn the UK into a low-tax economy if it cannot get a satisfactory Brexit deal, telling Theresa May that it would damage the UK and demeaned her office. May responded by insisting she aimed to negotiate a strong deal and accusing Corbyn of having no vision of his own. “There is indeed a difference between us,” the prime minister told him near the end of their exchange. Referring to some newspapers’ comparisons between May and Margaret Thatcher, Corbyn said the prime minister was “not so much the Iron Lady as the Irony Lady”. “It won’t necessarily damage the EU, but it would certainly damage this country – businesses, jobs and public services,” the Labour leader said.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2017 13:32 UTC