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Labour party declares Brexit talks dead as May's premiership crumbles

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote to May on Friday informing her that the Brexit talks, which began on April 3, had "gone as far as they can" due to the instability of her government.

Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, gives a speech on Brexit at the National Transport Design Centre at Coventry University, Britain
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Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, gives a speech on Brexit at the National Transport Design Centre at Coventry University, Britain

Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew MacAskill | Reuters London
Britain's tumultuous divorce from the European Union was again in disarray on Friday as the opposition Labour Party declared last-ditch cross-party talks dead as Prime Minister Theresa May's premiership crumbled.

Nearly three years after the United Kingdom voted 52% to 48% in a referendum to leave the EU, it is still unclear how, when or if it will ever leave the European club it joined in 1973.

The current deadline to leave EU is Oct. 31.

Brexit talks between May's Conservative Party and Labour collapsed hours after May agreed on Thursday to set out a timetable for her departure in
Topics : Brexit

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