Jeremy Corbyn rarely talks about Brexit at Prime Minister’s Questions, and it is interesting that he chose today’s session, which will get little attention as a result of the Budget, to probe Theresa May on the matter.
The Labour leader did have a good stint, quoting a number of European negotiators, Tory backbenchers and Cabinet Ministers who have made comments to the effect that the British government doesn’t know what it is doing on Brexit. He also accused the Tories of blocking measures protecting workers’ rights and acknowledging that animals are sentient beings.
But Theresa May was on good form, too, continuing to appear as though she is regaining her confidence somewhat. She was able to cheer the troops behind her by making a joke about the new female Black Rod and the Labour Party waiting 650 years for its own first female leader, and later teased Corbyn for recycling a question on freedom of movement which had previously been asked by the leader of the Lib Dems.
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