FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has suggested Jeremy Corbyn's position on Brexit is indistinguishable from that of Theresa May.
Appearing on Good Evening Britain, the Labour leader was asked by hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid to set out the kind of Brexit he backs.
Corbyn responded: "A trade deal and customs deal with Europe, not deregulating to undermine European regulations and guaranteeing EU nationals..."
Morgan interrupted him to ask if he wanted the UK to leave the single market.
Corbyn confirmed that he did: "We’d have to trade with the single market … we would have to form a customs union."
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He went on to voice his opposition to the idea of a second Brexit referendum once the deal was known: "A referendum took place, it was a single question referendum, a result was delivered.
"I campaigned for a different result, we didn’t get it. You have to respect that result."
The First Minister hit back on Twitter, accusing Corbyn of aligning with the Prime Minister.
Sturgeon tweeted: "There’s absolutely nothing that Jeremy Corbyn says here on Brexit that Theresa May wouldn’t say."
The SNP have previously accused Corbyn of being a "cheerleader" for a hard Tory Brexit, and criticised his failure to back cross-party attempts to keep the UK in the single market.
Corbyn also said that he accepted his MPs departing from his position on a "People's Vote", but hoped they could be won over.
He said: "They’re entitled to say what they believe. I would hope though that they would recognise, yes, a majority of labour voters voted remain, but a significant minority voted leave, and we have to move forward and pull people in the country together to deal with the issues of inequality and justice.
"Crucially, in those areas that voted heavily leave, they were sending a message of anger about poor quality employment, low investment and poverty."
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