Pro-EU Tory MPs who also support remaining in the single market will be put under intense pressure by Labour to fall in behind its position and rebel against their own party. Corbyn said on Sunday he supported close continuing ties with the EU after Brexit, as he neared the end of a five-day tour of 18 Scottish constituencies. Corbyn said Labour wanted ongoing membership of many European institutions and continued protection of EU policies on employment and consumer rights. A Conservative spokesman said Labour still could not say whether it would end unlimited freedom of movement or decide whether the UK should leave the single market. “Jeremy Corbyn has finally capitulated to the Blairites and abandoned his principles of 30 years,” said the party’s interim leader, Steve Crowther.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2017 19:08 UTC