DESPERATE THERESA MAY ASKS JEREMY CORBYN FOR SUPPORT
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/02/02/theresa-may-invokes-jeremy-corbyns-support-pledges-battle-britain/
Theresa May has invoked the support of Jeremy Corbyn to insist the EU must offer concessions on her Brexit deal, as she pledges to “battle for Britain” when she travels to Brussels to re-open negotiations.
Writing in The Telegraph, Mrs May states that although the Labour leader refused to support her in the Commons last week, he also believes that the controversial Irish backstop “needs to be addressed with Brussels”.
Mrs May suggests that she will seek either an “alternative” to the backstop, or a time limit or unilateral exit mechanism to prevent the UK from being trapped in EU’s structures indefinitely – both of which have already been publicly rejected by Brussels.
But pledging that she will return to the city with “new ideas and a renewed determination” Mrs May also calls for unity in the Commons, stating: “If we stand together and speak with one voice, I believe we can find the right way forward.”
And she insists she remains “determined” to deliver Brexit “on time”, on March 29, despite public and private calls from MPs and ministers for a delay.
She warned campaigners for a second referendum to “put your efforts behind securing a better Brexit for all of us. Because the UK is leaving the EU.”
MPs and members of the government seeking to remove the option of a no-deal Brexit are preparing ambush Mrs May again in the Commons next week if she fails to either obtain concessions or agree to delay Brexit before a new set of votes on February 14.
Richard Harrington, the pro-Remain business minister, who had threatened to resign to support such a move, was seen mouthing “next time” after ultimately staying in his post to support Mrs May in a key Commons vote last week.
One government aide considering resigning to back a second attempt on February 14, warned: “The dam won’t hold”.
Separately, a recording passed to this newspaper reveals how Sir Oliver Letwin, the Tory former cabinet minister helping to devise plans to forcibly delay Brexit, claims that the UK could obtain special dispensation from the EU to avoid electing MEPs to the European Parliament in May by placing the country in a similar category to Turkey, which is in membership talks with the bloc, or allowing the Commons to temporarily re-appoint existing MEPs.
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