IRRITATED Newsnight viewers blast CLUELESS Corbyn for dodging SIMPLE Brexit questions
JEREMY Corbyn has been slammed by BBC Newsnight viewers after failing to answer the most simple questions about Brexit.
Following Mrs May’s landmark Brexit speech, Mr Corbyn was questioned by presenter Evan Davis on key elements of the Prime Minister’s plans to leave the crumbling bloc.
The Labour leader blasted Mrs May for her tough demands regarding Britain’s relationship with the EU, saying “it seems a very odd way of approaching a constructive relationship with the whole continent”.
But while he started off the interview showing some conviction, the Islington North MP quickly floundered.
Addressing a question Evan Davis described as “confusing some of us”, the host asked Mr Corbyn what happens if Parliament votes against Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
The question appeared out of the Labour leader’s scope, despite him having had a career in politics spanning nearly five decades.
Speculating on what would happen if Parliament voted against Mrs May’s plans, Mr Davis asked: “Do we have a second referendum? Do we stay in the EU? Do we ask the Prime Minister to go back and negotiate another deal? What do you understand happens?”
But all Mr Corbyn could say was: “Well, we’re quite a long way from that situation,” before explaining that negotiations had to happen first.
But when Mr Davis pushed him, asking: “But what happens at the end if we don’t like it? Or you don’t like it? Because you’ll whip your MPs to vote against it, then what?”
But Mr Corbyn could not provide an answer and instead attempted to deflect attention away from his ignorance by spewing out tired Labour soundbites.
The clueless Labour leader said: “Well our line is we want to protect jobs and living standards in Britain. We want to ensure that our manufacturing industry can continue to trade."
He then started ranting about corporate tax, completely ignoring the original question.
Unable to secure a straight answer from Mr Corbyn, Mr Davis was left with no choice to give up the line of questioning, however the Labour leader’s floundering answers did not go unnoticed by viewers.
Corbyn just on Newsnight to every question asked he came out with the usual load of waffle, couldn't understand a bit of it, so what's new?
— Beverly Lumb (@bevlumbz9) January 17, 2017
Twitter user Beverly Lumb wrote: “To every question asked [Mr Corbyn] came out with the usual load of waffle, couldn't understand a bit of it, so what's new?”
And @GrahamLKeegan wrote: “I don’t think Corbyn has even listened to the PM’s speech today.”
And user @MSeethin wrote: “Corbyn reaffirming he’s not fit to ever become PM.”
Even left-wingers slammed the Labour leader with one user writing: “Tell you what, Left-wing English friends, Corbyn is totally incoherent on Brexit. And that makes me sad.”