Jeremy Corbyn is warming to the a so-called Norway-style exit from the European Union, according to supporters of the plan.
LONDON — Members of Parliament who back a Norway-style exit from the European Union believe that the Labour Party is warming to a"soft" Brexit, and could end up throwing its weight behind it.
MPs who back the plan include Conservatives Nick Boles, Oliver Letwin and Robert Halfon, plus Labour's Stephen Kinnock and Lucy Powell. Ministers like Stephen Hammond have also declared support for it. The Labour leadership previously opposed the model, but with time running out until Brexit day and the spectre of no-deal looming over Westminster, Corbyn and his team are now considering backing the idea.
"What this does is put flesh on the bones of [Corbyn's] letter to Theresa May," one backbench MP who supports it said.During the meeting, Corbyn and his team were broadly positive about the plan, but raised a handful of concerns, particularly that being in the EEA would force the UK to continue with the free movement of people, attendees told BI.
That clearly wouldn't be enough. However, they believe that this number would grow as Parliament runs out of other viable options and time to avert a widely-dreaded no-deal departure."May's deal falls, the Kyle-Wilson amendment falls [which pushes for a new referendum], no-deal falls, MPs go for a Brexit delay. Then we have to decide when to fire the bullet.
But other MPs involved in the plan believe that a better idea would be to table an amendment which lets MPs hold indicative votes on a number of options, including a Norway-style Brexit, during the Article 50 extension.
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