Corbyn ‘missed open goal’

even if parties are still negotiating many years later and even if the parties believe that talks have clearly broken down and there is no prospect of a future relationship agreement”.

Great Britain would be “essentially treated as a third country” by Northern Ireland for regulations on trade in goods, Mr Cox said.

Despite assurances from both London and Brussels that the arrangements would only be temporary, the protocol would “endure indefinitely” under international law until another agreement takes its place.

Mr Cox warned that the UK would have no legal means of forcing the EU JEREMY Corbyn was accused of “missing an open goal” yesterday after failing to grill Theresa May on her Brexit woes.

A day after the Government’s three Commons defeats, the Labour leader used his six Prime Minister’s Questions slots to grill Mrs May about welfare benefits.

His aides were later forced to defend his line of attack. A spokesman said: “Brexit is of course the central issue facing the country, as Jeremy is saying, but it is not the only issue by any matter or means.”

Lib Dem Tom Brake tweeted: “The last PMQs before the most critical set of Brexit votes ever and the publication of legal advice to bring the measures to an end. The document states: “In the absence of a right of termination, there is a legal risk that the United Kingdom might become subject to protracted and repeating rounds of negotiations.

“This risk must be weighed against the political and economic imperative on both sides to reach an agreement that constitutes a politically stable and permanent basis for their future relationship.

“This is a political decision for the Government.”

If Brussels decided that negotiations on a trade deal had broken down or were taking too long, it would which confirms NI could be split from the UK and not a word from Jeremy Corbyn about Brexit. Talk about missing an open goal.”

SNP MP Joanna Cherry said while the issues Mr Corbyn raised were important, “I can’t believe he has missed the gaping open goal of the triple whammy of Tory Government defeats yesterday”. be able to apply to an arbitration panel for Britain to be removed from the customs union while Northern Ireland remained in.

This would effectively create the border in the Irish Sea that Mrs May has always insisted no prime minister could accept.

Mr Dodds held a meeting with the Conservative European Research Group (ERG) of Brexiteers, which was also attended by Chief Whip Julian Smith.

ERG chairman Jacob Rees-Mogg said Mr Dodds told them the DUP would support the Government in a confidence motion if the Withdrawal Agreement was voted down. But if the deal goes through, the party is likely to pull its support, which could lead to a general election.

Former Tory minister Grant Shapps said the legal advice underlined how the deal could “remove power” from the Commons and UK.

He said: “For the first time as a Member of Parliament I find myself at odds with my own government.

“With no sign of a solution, certainly not in the Attorney General’s legal advice, I am afraid I’m left contemplating my vote next Tuesday.

“I’m currently minded to vote against.”