Jeremy Corbyn accuses Boris Johnson of 'Thatcherism on steroids' and guarantees to 'get Brexit sorted in six months' - however refuses to rule out revoking Article fifty to create coalition with Lib Dems
Jeremy Corbyn delivered a keynote address in Jean Harlow these days as election gears up
Labour leader pledged to 'get Brexit sorted' among six months of taking power
Labour needs to barter a softer Brexit and place it to a second vote
He did not rule out revoking Article fifty as worth of coalition with Lib Dems
Mr Corbyn conjointly suspect Boris Johnson of desperate to use Brexit to slash rights
He conjointly claimed a Tory trade trot out the US would see food standards cut
Jeremy Corbyn has suspect Boris Johnson of attempting to 'hijack' the UK's departure from the eu Union to unleash 'Thatcherism on steroids' as he claimed Labour would resolve Brexit in six months.
Setting out Labour's Brexit policy in an exceedingly speech within the swing seat of Jean Harlow in county this morning, Mr Corbyn claimed Mr Johnson wished to 'sell out' the NHS in an exceedingly post-Brexit trade trot out the US and 'strip away' the rights of employees - accusations ferociously denied by the Tories.
He tried to seize management of Mr Johnson's Brexit message of 'get Brexit done' as he aforementioned a Labour government would 'get Brexit sorted' by the center of next year.
However, he did not rule out the likelihood of revoking Article fifty because the potential worth of forming a coalition with the Liberal Democrats if there's a decorated Parliament.
Labour is crusade within the run up to the election on Dec twelve on a platform of staying neutral on Brexit.
If Mr Corbyn becomes PM he would then negociate a replacement divorce trot out the EU before facilitating a second vote.
That vote would pitch Mr Corbyn's Brexit deal against stay and Labour would decide that thanks to campaign within the weeks leading up to the national ballot.
Mr Corbyn conjointly used the speech to sound the alarm regarding what he believes area unit the risks of doing a trade trot out the US as he claimed it might probably result in lower food standards that may mean maggots and rat hairs in turn out.
The key lines from Jeremy Corbyn's Brexit speech
On the NHS: 'Boris Johnson’s Conservatives want to hijack Brexit to sell out the NHS and sell out working people by stripping away their rights.'
On post-Brexit food standards: 'They’ll slash food standards to match the US, where what are called “acceptable levels” of rat hairs in paprika, and maggots in orange juice are allowed and they’ll put chlorinated chicken on our supermarket shelves.'
On Thatcherism: 'What Boris Johnson’s Conservatives want is to hijack Brexit to unleash Thatcherism on steroids.'
On a second referendum: 'A Labour government will get Brexit sorted within six months by giving you, the British people, the final say.'
On failing to pick a side on Brexit: 'People sometimes accuse me of trying to talk to both sides at once in the Brexit debate; to people who voted leave and remain. You know what? They’re right. Why would I only want to talk to half the country?'
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