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Labor Will Challenge UK PM on Brexit Deal, Corbyn Says

by Reuters

   LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND --

   British opposition Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn said Saturday that his
   party would challenge Prime Minister Theresa May on any Brexit deal she
   could
   strike with Brussels, and he said there should be a national election
   if the deal fell short.

   Britain said Saturday that it would not "capitulate" to European Union
   demands in Brexit talks and again urged the bloc to engage with its
   proposals after May said Brexit talks with the EU had hit an impasse.

   "We will challenge this government on whatever deal it brings back on
   our six tests, on jobs, on living standards, on environmental
   protections," Corbyn told a rally in Liverpool, northern England, on
   the eve of Labor's annual conference.

   "And if this government can't deliver, then I simply say to Theresa May
   the best way to settle this is by having a general election."

   Labor's six tests consist of whether a pact would provide for fair
   migration, a collaborative relationship with the EU, national security
   and cross-border crime safeguards, even treatment for all U.K. regions,
   protection of workers' rights, and maintenance of single-market
   benefits.