'Being strong and WRONG doesn’t help!' Keir Starmer bashes PM for 'not listening to EU'
LABOUR’S shadow Brexit secretary blasted Theresa May after reports suggested she had a frosty meeting with the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
Keir Starmer slams May: Being strong and wrong doesn't help
While campaigning in Lancashire, Keir Starmer bashed the Prime Minister, suggesting “being strong and being wrong” would not help the UK secure a favourable deal with the trading bloc.
It comes after Mr Juncker said he was ”10 times more sceptical" about Mrs May after their recent meeting in Downing Street, according to the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper.
The Labour MP told Channel 4 News’ Michael Crick: “She’s complacent and she’s not listening to what is being said by our EU partners.
“This has to be a negotiation in which we reach the right deal and that’s why I say it’s all very well her saying ‘I’m strong’ but being strong and being wrong doesn’t help this country.”
Keir Starmer ripped into Theresa May for "not listening" to the UK's "EU partners"
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It’s all very well her saying ‘I’m strong’ but being strong and being wrong doesn’t help this country
According to the newspaper, when the Prime Minister told Mr Juncker “let us make Brexit a success", he was said to have replied, "Brexit cannot be a success".
Mrs May herself dismissed claims she is at loggerheads with the Eurocrat over her Brexit negotiating strategy as "Brussels gossip" during a campaign rally.
Also campaigning in Lancashire, Mrs May brushed off the claims insisting that they were at odds with what the commission had said about the meeting.
"From what I have seen of this account, I think it is Brussels gossip," she said.
Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker after their meeting in Downing Street
"Look at what the European Commission themselves said immediately after the dinner took place which was that the talks had been constructive."
Crick later struggled to find any support for Mrs May’s rival Jeremy Corbyn while speaking to members of the public in the area.
One woman said she thought Labour would “hopefully” do well but admitted she could not say on camera what she thought about the Labour leader.
One man said: “I don’t like Jeremy Corbyn for a start… because he’s quite scruffy for a start to represent our country – never wears a tie.”
Another added: “Corbyn and May – I think I might go May… She’s stronger.”