Labour are being 'belly tickled' by EU over Brexit blasts Question Time audience member
JEREMY Corbyn’s Labour party has been accused of being “belly tickled” by the European Union in the Brexit negotiations.
Question Time audience member: Labour are ‘having belly tickled’
An audience member on BBC Question Time said Labour are being naive about how tough the negotiations with the Brussels bureaucrats are, implying that the party would give in too easily to the EU’s demands.
He exclaimed: “You have got to go into any negotiations with the intention of coming away if you can’t meet mutually with an agreement.
“It’s easy to just roll over and have your belly tickled but at the end of the day you’ve got to negotiate hard for the best deal.”
The Labour party have said that “any deal” is better than a “no deal”, implying that they would rather take a bad deal with the EU than walk away from negotiations.
Another audience member said that Mr Corbyn’s party did not have any concrete plans for the Brexit themselves.
They said: “Labour’s Brexit policy just really doesn’t stack up. First of all they say they want a ‘jobs first Brexit’, they want such a good idea that they’re going to stay in the single market or get an equivalence of it.
“If they don’t get that they’re going to talk ad nauseam and if that doesn’t work out they’re then going to move on and say ‘we might as well just stay’.”
There has been a lot of confusion over Labour’s Brexit plans with different MPs giving different positions.
Mr Corbyn and his Brexit Secretary Kier Starmer have failed in the past to publicly agree on their stance for leaving the EU.
Over the past few months the party has argued that it will remain in the EU single market while also claiming that they will leave the customs union altogether.
Speaking on the programme last night Emily Thornberry tried to give her interpretation of Labour’s complicated position on leaving the trade bloc.
She said: “Labour’s position is that we have to leave because that was the result of the referendum.
'They want to be governed by EU' Patel returns with sharp Labour jibe
“We are trying to represent the whole country and we are trying to keep the country together.
“The best way of doing that is yes, we leave, but we do not need to go very far.”
Mr Corbyn’s party was slammed for denouncing the Conservative’s Brexit negotiations while unable to agree on their own Brexit policy.
An audience member said: “I get a little bit sick of Labour and the far left just constantly criticising.
“What’s happening is a really difficult decision to make and it’s really easy to criticise on points when you’re not actually under the pressure of being at the table.”
The Labour party have accused the Government of pushing the UK towards a “no deal”, something that they say would not be in the UK’s best interest.
They have also come under pressure for failing to put party politics aside and support the Tory party in the European Union negotiations.
MPs are currently debating the EU Withdrawal Bill in Parliament but more than 400 amendments have been tabled to the legislation as Remoaners attempt to frustrate the Brexit process.
Labour are responsible for many of the proposed changes to the Bill.
It has been argued that the amendments will make the Government’s job of negotiating harder.