Sustained series of questions on Brexit hits the mark for the Labour leader as PM resorts to personal attacks in response
In a series of sharp exchanges on the government’s policies (or alleged lack of) on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn repeatedly pressured the prime minister to confirm her policy on single market access for the UK; how many extra civil service employees would be required to cope with the workload; and whether the lord chancellor would defend the independence of the judiciary should the forthcoming supreme court appeal on article 50 go against the government.
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We have an international development secretary who is opposed to overseas aid, a health secretary running down the National Health Service, a chancellor with no fiscal strategy, a lord chancellor who won’t defend the judiciary, a Brexit team with no plan for Brexit and a prime minister who is not prepared to answer questions on Brexit strategy. We need better answers than she’s given us.
What we certainly have got is a leader of the opposition who is incapable of leading
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