Farage wants job linking up with ‘friendly’ Trump
Last week shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry announced support for “staying in a customs union” and this was confirmed by shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir, another leading Remainer, yesterday.
He said Britain was more likely to strike new deals if it worked “jointly with the EU”, adding: “We all want to do bold new trade agreements but we would be better off doing that with the EU.”
However, a preview of Mr Corbyn’s speech yesterday had no reference to supporting staying in the customs union. Instead he admitted that “the EU is not the source of all enlightenment and leaving it does not inevitably spell doom for our country”.
He will say: “There will be some who will tell you that Brexit is a disaster for this country and some who will tell you that Brexit will create a land of milk and honey. The truth is more down to earth and it’s in our hands: Brexit is what we make of it together.”
The Labour leader will attempt to spell out his Brexit policy as 80 parliamentarians led by former leader Lord Kinnock, who has a EU commissioner pension, demand he also supports staying in the single market NIGEL Farage has called on Theresa May to give him a role in helping to build relations with the US after he rekindled his friendship with Donald Trump.
The former Ukip leader has just completed a three-day trip to Washington where he and the US President traded political gossip and discussed Brexit.
The two met at the Conservative Political Action conference where they were snapped together having a drink after Mr Trump’s big speech.
Mr Farage said: “He just came off stage and said, ‘Hey!’ It was very friendly and jolly. He’s a very loyal man.
“In public you’re now seeing the Donald Trump I know in private.
“It was the first time he made a self-deprecating remark about his hair.
“My impression is he’s really enjoying the presidency.”
Mr Farage said that the US President is “very curious” about British politics.
“He’s very interested in Brexit, he believed in Brexit. and allowing Brussels to control British immigration.
Over the weekend, Labour veteran MP Frank Field, who backed Leave, reminded Mr Corbyn that the two had voted consistently against the EU throughout their careers and warned him “not to fall into the Remainers’ trap”.
Remaining in a customs union or the single market would be a “deceit”, he said. “The idea Anna Soubry is going to lead all these people into the Labour lobby is just fairy tales,” he told BBC One’s Sunday Politics.
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Two concerns were apparently raised over the proposed UK/US trade deal and Mr Trump’s State visit.
“The basic question is, how long is this all going to take?” said Mr Farage.
He also discussed free-trade deals with US Commercial Secretary Wilbur Ross and met Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.
And he held talks with three influential White House advisers – John Kelly, Kellyanne Conway and Stephen Miller.
Previously, Mr Trump has suggested that the former Ukip leader should be Britain’s ambassador to the US.
In a message clearly aimed at the Prime Minister, Mr Farage said: “I’ve got fantastic connections and friendships with this presidency.
“Surely I could be of use somehow?”
But – explaining that he is uncertain when he will return to Washington – he implied that he felt it was unlikely he would receive a call from Mrs May any time soon. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon could try to stop free trade deals with a veto in the Scottish Parliament if devolution of powers from Brussels was not handled properly.
Cabinet Secretary David Liddington will spell out the importance of protecting the UK single market, in a speech today.
“By retaining UK frameworks where necessary, we retain our ability not only to act in the national interest when we need to, but to do so with a unity of purpose that places the prosperity and security of all of our citizens, to the fore,” he will say in Wales.