Oh well,
I’ll have to stick with UKIP and Nigel!
Anti-war,
anti-Israel; just as I was starting to get really, really
excited about Jeremy Corbyn, and even considering voting for him as next PM
if he makes it through to become Labour’s leader, he’s been and gone and spoiled
it all!
It seems that Labour
will ensure the Great British EU Rip-Off continues, whoever wins!
Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that he will
support the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union in the
upcoming referendum. After dropping hints that he might support the campaign to
leave following the Greek debt crisis, Corbyn came under increasing pressure
from pro-EU voices in the party to clarify his stance.
According to The Guardian, Corbyn was sent a
letter by MPs Phil Wilson and Pat Glass, co-chairs of the Labour Yes group,
requesting that he makes his position clear. They wrote:
“We believe it is incumbent on
you to state clearly to the party membership, and more importantly to the
country, your position on membership of the EU before the ballot papers are
despatched in August. We believe you need to make your position clear too: if
you are leader of the Labour party, would you campaign to remain in the EU, yes
or no?”
The leadership frontrunner has
now replied to the letter, saying that while he is not content with the EU in
its current form, and believes that Labour needs to “set out a reform agenda”,
he does think that the best option is to “fight together for a better Europe”:
“Labour should set out its own
clear position to influence negotiations, working with our European allies to
set out a reform agenda to benefit ordinary Europeans across the continent. We
cannot be content with the state of the EU as it stands. But that does not mean
walking away, but staying to fight together for a better Europe.”