Theresa May has been accused of overseeing a “shambolic” approach to Brexit negotiations by Labour MPs.
During Prime Minister’s Questions, May was asked a variety of times how she planned to proceed with leaving the European Union and whether access to the single market would be maintained.
Corbyn asked:
“Is the prime minister really willing to risk a catastrophic Tory Brexit just to appease the people behind her (Conservative backbench MPs)?”
May replied:
“We will negotiate the right deal for the UK. That’s what matters to everyone in the UK and that’s what we will deliver.”
She said she wanted “maximum possible access” for the UK to the single market, but refused to give any specifics on her position and said her focus would be on immigration control rather than the economy.
Labour MPs have for Parliament to debate the direction of future Brexit negotiations, which they say would give the plans “proper scrutiny”.
The country remains bitterly divided on the topic of Brexit, with the government’s recent shift towards a hard Brexit finding major opposition from both the 48% of people who would have preferred to remain in the EU and those who voted for Brexit in the hope of a Norway-like deal where the UK would maintain the economic benefits without the political “ever closer union”.
