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| PMQs: Corbyn calls on May to 'come up with a plan' for Brexit – Politics live | PMQs: Corbyn calls on May to 'come up with a plan' for Brexit – Politics live |
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| Much to the annoyance of many commentators watching PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn did not bring up Theresa’s secret speech to Goldman Sachs warning of the dangers of Brexit. Here, the Guardian’s home affairs editor, Alan Travis, explains why what she said is important: | |
| It clearly shows that in private she was prepared to articulate a much stronger attachment to staying in the European Union than the lukewarm public support she gave to the remain campaign in the one major public speech she made during the campaign. | |
| There is also a reason to believe that the Goldman Sachs speech was much closer to her own personal views because they reflect the fact that May’s entire career before going into politics was at the Bank of England and as a European lobbyist for the financial service industry... | |
| Carefully calculated shifts in language have led some to conclude she is now set on the path to hard Brexit. But her private Goldman Sachs speech just five months ago makes clear that she personally believes a future out of the single market means a business exodus from Britain. | |
| Perhaps she should spell out her views about hard Brexit to the British people rather than giving American bankers the inside track. | |
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| Amnesty International UK has backed Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on Saudi Arabia. During PMQs the Labour leader urged Theresa May to stop selling arms to the kingdom because of its attacks in Yemen. | Amnesty International UK has backed Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on Saudi Arabia. During PMQs the Labour leader urged Theresa May to stop selling arms to the kingdom because of its attacks in Yemen. |
| Amnesty International UK’s arms control director Oliver Sprague said: | Amnesty International UK’s arms control director Oliver Sprague said: |
| Week in week out we’ve documented the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s appalling attacks on homes, hospitals and funeral halls in Yemen, and week in week out the Government has ducked the need to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. | Week in week out we’ve documented the Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s appalling attacks on homes, hospitals and funeral halls in Yemen, and week in week out the Government has ducked the need to stop selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. |
| It’s simply not good enough. | It’s simply not good enough. |
| Instead of retreating into vague remarks about ‘issues being investigated’, Theresa May should order an immediate halt to all further arms sales to Saudi Arabia, as well as a full inquiry into what part British weaponry may have played in fuelling the terrible conflict in Yemen. | Instead of retreating into vague remarks about ‘issues being investigated’, Theresa May should order an immediate halt to all further arms sales to Saudi Arabia, as well as a full inquiry into what part British weaponry may have played in fuelling the terrible conflict in Yemen. |
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| Brexit was apparently about taking back control but the devolved governments don’t know the plan, businesses don’t know the plan, Parliament doesn’t know the plan. | Brexit was apparently about taking back control but the devolved governments don’t know the plan, businesses don’t know the plan, Parliament doesn’t know the plan. |
| He also poked fun at the prime minister for her frequent use of the phrase: “Brexit means Brexit”. In response the prime minister said: | He also poked fun at the prime minister for her frequent use of the phrase: “Brexit means Brexit”. In response the prime minister said: |
| Brexit means Brexit, that means we’re coming out of the European Union. | Brexit means Brexit, that means we’re coming out of the European Union. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 1.43pm BST | at 1.43pm BST |
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| PMQs - Verdict from the Twitter commentariat | PMQs - Verdict from the Twitter commentariat |
| Corbyn may have got laughs by quoting Baldrick but there was largely frustration among political journalists and commentators that he did not press her on the Guardian story about her pre-referendum comments at Goldman Sachs warning of the economic consequences of Brexit. | Corbyn may have got laughs by quoting Baldrick but there was largely frustration among political journalists and commentators that he did not press her on the Guardian story about her pre-referendum comments at Goldman Sachs warning of the economic consequences of Brexit. |
| From ITV’s Chris Ship: | From ITV’s Chris Ship: |
| I have question: Leaked tapes to @guardian show you said firms only in UK to access EU? Do you think we should stay members of single market | I have question: Leaked tapes to @guardian show you said firms only in UK to access EU? Do you think we should stay members of single market |
| From the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire: | From the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire: |
| Corbyn missed open goal to destroy May after she warned Goldman Sachs that Brexit would be disaster. She won #PMQs by default | Corbyn missed open goal to destroy May after she warned Goldman Sachs that Brexit would be disaster. She won #PMQs by default |
| From the Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn | From the Sun’s Tom Newton Dunn |
| Never has Corbyn had a more open goal after Theresa's Brexit tape. Yet 6 times he still slices the ball into Row Z. Outstanding. #PMQs | Never has Corbyn had a more open goal after Theresa's Brexit tape. Yet 6 times he still slices the ball into Row Z. Outstanding. #PMQs |
| From Matt Chorley, editor of the Times’s Red Box | From Matt Chorley, editor of the Times’s Red Box |
| Why didn't Corbyn use all six questions to read out what May told Goldman Sachs were the risks of Brexit? #PMQs | Why didn't Corbyn use all six questions to read out what May told Goldman Sachs were the risks of Brexit? #PMQs |
| From the Spectator’s James Forsyth: | From the Spectator’s James Forsyth: |
| Odd that Corbyn didn't ask May how many other private speeches she has given to banks in recent years? Would have been potent populism | Odd that Corbyn didn't ask May how many other private speeches she has given to banks in recent years? Would have been potent populism |
| The Mirror thinks differently: | The Mirror thinks differently: |
| Snap verdict on #PMQs: Jeremy Corbyn shows his cunninghttps://t.co/HRAArEdR8J pic.twitter.com/uk5gX1w90b | Snap verdict on #PMQs: Jeremy Corbyn shows his cunninghttps://t.co/HRAArEdR8J pic.twitter.com/uk5gX1w90b |
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| Here is a fuller account of Corbyn’s attack on May during PMQs accusing her of lacking a Brexit plan: | Here is a fuller account of Corbyn’s attack on May during PMQs accusing her of lacking a Brexit plan: |
| On Monday, you told the House, ‘We have a plan which is not to set out at every stage of the negotiations the details’. | On Monday, you told the House, ‘We have a plan which is not to set out at every stage of the negotiations the details’. |
| I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of days. I think when you’re searching for the real meaning and the importance behind the prime minister’s statement, you have to consult the great philosophers. | I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of days. I think when you’re searching for the real meaning and the importance behind the prime minister’s statement, you have to consult the great philosophers. |
| The only one I could come up with is Baldrick, who says, ‘Our cunning plan is to have no plan’. | The only one I could come up with is Baldrick, who says, ‘Our cunning plan is to have no plan’. |
| Brexit was apparently about taking back control but the devolved governments don’t know the plan, businesses don’t know the plan, Parliament doesn’t know the plan. When will the prime minister abandon this shambolic Tory Brexit and develop a plan that delivers for the whole country?” | Brexit was apparently about taking back control but the devolved governments don’t know the plan, businesses don’t know the plan, Parliament doesn’t know the plan. When will the prime minister abandon this shambolic Tory Brexit and develop a plan that delivers for the whole country?” |
| Earlier he joked that he feared May would say “Brexit means Brexit” again. | Earlier he joked that he feared May would say “Brexit means Brexit” again. |
| May replied: | May replied: |
| You try to poke fun at the phrase ‘Brexit means Brexit’ but the whole point is this - it’s this government that’s listening to the voice of the British people. | You try to poke fun at the phrase ‘Brexit means Brexit’ but the whole point is this - it’s this government that’s listening to the voice of the British people. |
| Brexit means Brexit, that means we’re coming out of the European Union. | Brexit means Brexit, that means we’re coming out of the European Union. |
| What you try to be doing is frustrating the will of the British people by saying that Brexit means something completely different. | What you try to be doing is frustrating the will of the British people by saying that Brexit means something completely different. |
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| Tony Robinson has responded on Twitter to being mentioned in PMQ (which has now finished): | Tony Robinson has responded on Twitter to being mentioned in PMQ (which has now finished): |
| Baldrick means Baldrick #pmqs | Baldrick means Baldrick #pmqs |
| And in response to May saying he used to be a Labour party member ... | And in response to May saying he used to be a Labour party member ... |
| Haven't left, active member for 40 yrs. But if David Davis needs any help with Brexit Baldrick stands ready to serve https://t.co/yMXkKyEJgT | Haven't left, active member for 40 yrs. But if David Davis needs any help with Brexit Baldrick stands ready to serve https://t.co/yMXkKyEJgT |
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| at 12.56pm BST | at 12.56pm BST |
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| There is another question about mental health from a Labour MP, this time Luciana Berger who wants to know when there will be “real equality” for mental health. | There is another question about mental health from a Labour MP, this time Luciana Berger who wants to know when there will be “real equality” for mental health. |
| May says the government is spending record amounts on mental health while acknowledging there is more to do. | May says the government is spending record amounts on mental health while acknowledging there is more to do. |
| After Tory MP Helen Whately praises the PM for mentioning mental health on the steps of Number 10 when taking office, May points out the increasing number of people accessing mental health services and talking therapies since 2010. | After Tory MP Helen Whately praises the PM for mentioning mental health on the steps of Number 10 when taking office, May points out the increasing number of people accessing mental health services and talking therapies since 2010. |
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| Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams asks whether Wales will get a good deal, soft Brexit, like the City of London, suggests the government is picking winners. | Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams asks whether Wales will get a good deal, soft Brexit, like the City of London, suggests the government is picking winners. |
| The PM says she is committed to ensuring all parts of the UK get a good deal. | The PM says she is committed to ensuring all parts of the UK get a good deal. |
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| Twickenham Tory MP Tania Mathis criticises the decision to give the green light to a third runway at Heathrow and asks how pollution limits can be complied with. | Twickenham Tory MP Tania Mathis criticises the decision to give the green light to a third runway at Heathrow and asks how pollution limits can be complied with. |
| May says the evidence shows standards can be met. | May says the evidence shows standards can be met. |
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| Conservative MP Jack Lopresti asks if there are plans to provide specialist medical facilities for Kurdish forces, Peshmerga, in Iraq. | Conservative MP Jack Lopresti asks if there are plans to provide specialist medical facilities for Kurdish forces, Peshmerga, in Iraq. |
| May says there are not. | May says there are not. |
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| Labour MP for Bolton South East, Yasmin Qureshi, asks about human rights abuses in Kashmir. | Labour MP for Bolton South East, Yasmin Qureshi, asks about human rights abuses in Kashmir. |
| May says it is for India and Pakistan to sort out but the Foreign Secretary has heard her representations. | May says it is for India and Pakistan to sort out but the Foreign Secretary has heard her representations. |
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| Alison McGovern, Labour MP for the Wirral, is angry because she believes Theresa May fobbed off her colleague Karl Turner on mental health referring to constituents waits for talking therapies. | Alison McGovern, Labour MP for the Wirral, is angry because she believes Theresa May fobbed off her colleague Karl Turner on mental health referring to constituents waits for talking therapies. |
| Theresa May says she takes the issue vey seriously and looking into availability of and waiting times for talking therapies. | Theresa May says she takes the issue vey seriously and looking into availability of and waiting times for talking therapies. |
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| Labour MP Jim Dowd asks whether the PM about putting mandatory health warnings on alcoholic products in light of this week’s concerning report about excessive consumption, which found women drinking as much as men. | Labour MP Jim Dowd asks whether the PM about putting mandatory health warnings on alcoholic products in light of this week’s concerning report about excessive consumption, which found women drinking as much as men. |
| May says she helped develop the alcohol strategy with industry when Home Secretary. | May says she helped develop the alcohol strategy with industry when Home Secretary. |
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| SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell asks about the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday agreement. | SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell asks about the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday agreement. |
| The PM assures him it will have no impact. | The PM assures him it will have no impact. |