Labour’s Corbyn: Johnson’s Brexit plan won’t pass Brussels, or Parliament
20 October 2019 |
8:49 am
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn has said Boris Johnson's Brexit plans would falter in Brussels and at the hands of British politicians. Meanwhile, the EU's Donald Tusk said he remained "open but still unconvinced."
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