Þversögn Corbyns

virðist mikil úr fjarlægð.

Labour says it accepts the referendum result and that Brexit is going to happen. But it opposes Theresa May's Brexit plan, and wants to stop it and force a general election. If, however, it stops the PM's plan and there is no general election it says the option of a new referendum would be on the table.

Leader Jeremy Corbyn says he would negotiate a permanent customs union with the EU after Brexit, which would be very similar to the one it has now. This is the only way to keep trade flowing freely and protect jobs, he says, as well as ensuring there is no return to a "hard border" in Northern Ireland.

He has ruled out staying a member of the single market, as some of his pro-EU MPs want, so he can carry out his plans to nationalise key industries without being hampered by EU competition rules.

He says the UK should have a very close relationship with the single market. Labour accepts that some form of free movement of people might have to continue.

Hann er hindraður í þjóðnýtingaráformum sínum á grundvallariðnaði Bretlands af regluverki ESB. En samt reynir hann að hindra útgönguna Brexit?

Satt að segja hélt ég að þjóðnýtingaráform vinstri manna heyrðu sögunni til. En svo er víst alls ekki í tilviki Corbyns.

Egill Helgason spurði Ed Miliband ekki um þessa grundvallarspurningu Verkamannaflokksins í viðtalinu sem ítrekað snerti álit Milibands á forystuhæfileikum Corbyns sem hann snéri sig jafnharðan fimlega út úr.