Thornberry wants UK in customs union
EMILY THORNBERRY, the shadow foreign secretary, yesterday plunged Labour’s Brexit policy into fresh chaos by saying that she wants the UK to stay in the customs union after Britain leaves the European Union.
This is despite Labour’s official position being that the UK should strike a cus- toms union deal, which would give Britain a say over future trade deals.
Meanwhile, Ms Thornberry suggested Labour wanted the UK to “end up in the same place” as Norway in terms of its future relationship with Brussels – in the European Economic Area which allows it to be part of the single market.
Jeremy Corbyn had set out Labour’s Brexit position on the customs union in February when he said his party would seek “a new comprehensive UK-EU customs union to ensure that there are no tariffs with Europe”.