Jeremy Corbyn follows Theresa May in refusing to say he would back Brexit in a second EU referendum
Labour Leader accused of having the same wobbles as the Prime Minister after ducking the big question this afternoon
JEREMY Corbyn has followed Theresa May in refusing to say how he would vote if we held a second EU referendum.
The Labour Leader was accused of having the same Brexit wobbles as the Prime Minister after ducking the big question this afternoon to instead sit on the fence.
Last night Theresa May, who backed Remain in 2016, repeatedly refused to say whether she would switch her vote – despite now being in charge of the negotiations.
In a phone-in with LBC she initially declined to answer the question - saying she did not speak about "hypothetical" scenarios.
But after being pressed she said: "I could sit here and I could say I'd still vote Remain or I'd vote Leave, just to give you an answer. I'm being open and honest with you.
“What I did last time round was I looked at everything and came to a judgement and I'd do exactly the same this time round."
Mr Corbyn turned down the opportunity to push her on it at Prime Minister’s Questions and failed to bring it up.
And afterwards when quizzed on his boss's vote, the opposition chief's spokesman also refused to say whether he personally thought Brexit was a good idea for the country.
He would only say: “Jeremy campaigned for Remain or reform and he is committed to what he said in that campaign.
“There is no other referendum. We respect the result of the referendum so we want to be part of these negotiations.
“We are interested in a Brexit that puts jobs first. We are focussing on outcomes.”
The spokesman was asked to answer five times but he failed to give a cast iron commitment either way.
Mr Corbyn insists he voted Remain in the landmark EU referendum last year, but doubts have long been running over whether he really did.
He was slammed by pro-EU Labour MPs for fighting a very lacklustre campaign for Remain, and he has also voted against legislation on further EU integration throughout his 34 year career in Parliament.
Since Mrs May was asked last night a number of other politicians have been quizzed on whether they have changed their allegiances.
The PM’s de fact deputy Damian Green suggested he would still back Remain, telling the BBC’s Newsnight programme he thought the UK would have been better off staying in the EU.
And the Remain-backing Culture Secretary Karen Bradley was asked this morning but said she did not want to respond to a “hypothetical” question.
But Liz Truss, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said she would now vote differently to last year.
She told the Daily Politics: "Since we have left, it has been more positive, so the facts have changed and I have changed my mind."
