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PMQS VERDICT
Jeremy Corbyn’s half-baked questions fail to trouble PM even in the middle of Brexit crisis
JEREMY Corbyn flew out of the traps at today’s PMQs with a zinger of a question over Amber Rudd’s declaration this morning that No Deal is not an option.
He asked the PM if there were any circumstances in which Britain would leave with No Deal.
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But as ever, his flame went out in a flash and he melted away.
He did manage a decent quip directed at new Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay – who bizarrely isn’t travelling with the PM to Brussels later today to meet EU officials.
Mr Barclay was forced to sit stony-faced as the Opposition leader questioned whether his role was simply “ceremonial” to jeers from the Labour benches.
Jeremy Corbyn used his remaining questions to pick away at what the bill would be for an extended transition period and whether there was enough time to negotiate a trade deal.
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Eventually he branded it “half-baked” – not unlike his own PMQs performance.
But Mrs May simply batted him off with the revelation Mr Corbyn himself made at the weekend – that he hadn’t even read the 585-page deal.
She roared: “He hasn’t even read it – he doesn’t know what is in it” as she accused him of “playing politics”.
But she failed to land a killer blow with her own semi-cooked line: “He talks about a second referendum – he hasn’t got a first clue.”
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However, the takeaway from today’s PMQs lay in what little support the Prime Minister had from her own benches for the deal.
It looks like her proposed Withdrawal Agreement will need considerably more time in the oven – if not some fresh ingredients cooked up from Attorney General Geoffrey Cox - before it can be deemed palatable enough to be served up to the Commons.
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