'It's FANTASY!' Andrew Neil DESTROYS Labour's Brexit position during row with Corbyn ally

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LABOUR frontbencher Andrew Gwynne faced a brutal grilling from BBC host Andrew Neil over Labour’s “fantastical” stance on Brexit, which demands Britain remains in a form of a customs union with the European Union.




Andrew Neil demanded the shadow secretary of state for local government explain what indication Labour has got from EU officials that Brussels would be willing to create some form of customs union after Brexit.

Jeremy Corbyn has said the UK will “have to have a customs union” with the EU after Brexit, suggesting Labour is pushing for a softer Brexit position.

Mr Gwynne was forced to justify Labour’s Brexit stance, while speaking to BBC's

Daily Politics, he was pressed on what kind of customs union Labour is after.

He said: “It’s down to a negotiation but it may differ in the sense that we retain access to tariff-free trade with the European Union.

“But we also have the freedom to enter into third-party negotiations on free trade with other countries.”

Neil hit back and said: “So you think we can be in a customs union and still have the right to negotiate free trade agreements?”

He added: “Do you really have a single sign? The slightest slither of a sign that the European Union is prepared to agree to us being in a customs union and to negotiate our own free trade agreements.”

Mr Gwynne then said: “Don’t be a pessimist, Andrew.”

Neil fired back: “Don’t try and get out of it with a joke. Can you point to any sign that they would agree to that?”

The Labour MP replied: “Well, this is the answer I’m going to give you, we believe we will be in a position to negotiate a tariff-free trade agreement.”

Neil said: “It’s fantastical, isn’t it? Well, from everything that Mr Barnier has said – it’s fantasy.”

Mr Gwynne said he does not believe remaining in a form of customs union after Brexit is “fantasy”. He said: “I think it’s in the interest of the British people that we secure this deal.”

Michel Barnier said in November that the UK cannot “cherry pick” at aspects of the single market and it will lose the benefits of the single market and customs union when it leaves the EU.


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