Labour peers launched an attack on the party leadership last night, accusing it of “paralysis” and “cowardice” over Brexit policy, as bitter recriminations over disappointing local election results burst into the open. Q&A What is a soft Brexit? Show Hide A soft Brexit, while not officially defined, would keep Britain in either the single market or the customs union or both. Brexiters do not consider a soft Brexit as really leaving the EU. The Observer understands that more than 40 Labour peers are ready to back a cross-party amendment to Brexit legislation that would instruct the government to begin negotiating future UK membership of the European Economic Area (EEA).

Source: The Guardian May 05, 2018 20:30 UTC