One of the daily rituals in British politics at the moment is each of the main parties sending out press releases about how ‘hopelessly divided’ the other is on Brexit. There are so many facets on which politicians can bicker that this ritual won’t end with the negotiations, or the transition period (however long that ends up being) or indeed with the eventual relationship with the EU that Britain settles into.
“There will be a lot of movement” of workers after Brexit – @jeremycorbyn tells #marr pic.twitter.com/qn38wWGQks — The Andrew Marr Show (@MarrShow) September 24, 2017
Today Labour is ‘hopelessly divided’ over the question of single market membership and freedom of movement, and Jeremy Corbyn wasn’t in a tremendous hurry to close that division when he appeared on the Marr Show this morning. He was pressed on whether the new emphasis on the views of the Labour membership would mean that the party would support the UK staying in the single market after Brexit (around 60 per cent of members think it should).
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