As the date for Brexit marches ever closer, what the country desperately needs from its political leaders is statesmanship and a commitment to put the national interest first. Instead what it is getting from Jeremy Corbyn, Her Majesty’s leader of the opposition, are gimmicks and political games solely to gain party advantage. At least Theresa May has a plan, no matter how imperfect, though she has not yet dared put it to a vote.

But the Labour leader has no credible plan. He simply hides behind fantasy proposals that have no chance of being delivered. Given that crashing out of the European Union might well hurt some of the communities that Mr Corbyn professes to want to help, his behaviour is recklessly cynical.

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