JEREMY Corbyn has been urged to clarify Labour’s “shambolic” stance on Brexit by showing leadership on the UK’s exit from the EU.
The call comes after the Labour leader told a German newspaper that nothing could be done to stop the UK’s departure from the bloc.
Asked by Der Spiegel if he would stop it happening, he replied: “We can’t stop it. The referendum took place. Article 50 has been triggered. What we can do is recognise the reasons why people voted Leave.”
Stephen Gethins, the SNP’s spokesperson for foreign affairs and Europe said the comments “provide further proof of Labour’s utterly disingenuous approach to Brexit”.
He added Corbyn and the PM are “failing the people of the UK with their catastrophic plans to take Scotland and the UK out of the EU”.
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