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Jeremy Corbyn snubs Remainers saying Labour WILL respect Brexit referendum
The head of Labour's MEPs said the party wants to see a second referendum
JEREMY Corbyn today snubbed his pro-EU cheerleaders as he insisted Labour DOES back leaving the EU.
The leftie leader admitted he "cannot ignore" the vote for Brexit and suggested it would be undemocratic to stay in.
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Mr Corbyn's intervention comes as a blow to Labour figures who are keen for the party to back a second referendum.
Hours before the leader's speech, the man running Labour's Euro elections campaign insisted a vote for the party was a vote to reverse Brexit.
But Mr Corbyn said: "Over 17million people voted to leave the European Union. As democratic socialists, we cannot ignore that.
"We voted to trigger Article 50 in 2017 and promised to respect the referendum in our general election manifesto and again at our party conference last year."
He also admitted Brexit has seen Britain "stuck in this endless loop" with Remainers pitted against Leavers.
Speaking at the Labour manifesto launch in Kent, the party leader warned that cross-party talks to get a Brexit deal are on the brink of collapse.
He said: "So far in those talks, there has been no big offer, and the red lines remain.
"It’s difficult negotiating with a disintegrating government with Cabinet ministers jockeying for the succession, rather than working for an agreement."
Lib Dem MP Tom Brake blasted: "It is clear that Jeremy Corbyn has trashed the hopes of Remainers."
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Labour have been sitting on the fence while locked in talks with the Tories to try and forge a compromise agreement.
But MEP Richard Corbett, who's in charge of Labour's Euro elections campaign, this morning claimed that a vote for the party is a vote for a second referendum on Brexit.
He told the BBC: ";If the Government thinks its deal is so good, they should put it to the people in another referendum."
Asked whether he would still demand a referendum if the cross-party talks produced a reply, Mr Corbett said: "That's very hypothetical because the Government's just not going to move to that position is it.
"Theresa May can't move an inch without her party destroying her on that, they won't accept any movement.
"It's costing a fortune, it's a mess this Brexit, and that is what we want the opportunity to put to the people to reject."
The Lib Dems are also launching their own manifesto today under the slogan "B*****ks to Brexit".
Leader Vince Cable said: "Brexit is a failed project, which must now be stopped so our country and the whole of Europe can get on with dealing with the big challenges we face."
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Theresa May wants to hold a fourth vote on her deal before next Thursday's polls.
Justice Secretary David Gauke said today: "If we are in a position to win a vote, we’ll bring it back as soon as possible."
Nigel Farage's Brexit Party is expected to come top in the European Parliament elections.
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