Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: ‘We can’t stop Brexit’ He said: ‘I think a lot of people have been totally angered by the way in which their communities have been left behind’

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told German media that Brexit cannot be stopped.

In an interview with Der Spiegel, Mr Corbyn seemed to to say it was time to move on from thoughts of reversing Brexit.

Der Spiegel compared Mr Corbyn to US left winger Bernie Sanders who challenged Hilary Clinton to be the Democratic challenger to candidate Donald Trump and who also wins loyalty from younger supporters.

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Mr Corbyn said that young voters support him because it is Labour “offering some hope”.

This will disappoint lots of Labour supporters…… Der Spiegel: If you could stop Brexit, would you? Corbyn: We can’t stop it. The referendum took place. Article 50 has been triggered. What we can do is recognize the reasons why people voted Leave. #FinalSay #PeoplesVote — Joe Watts (@JoeWatts_) November 9, 2018

Corbyn added: “I think a lot of people have been totally angered by the way in which their communities have been left behind.

“We had high Leave votes in the most left-behind areas of the country. In a lot of deprived areas, working conditions have deteriorated over the decades, protected by European legislation.

“Indeed, we would enhance workers’ rights, where the Conservative Party wants to go in another direction of a largely deregulated economy.”

Corbyn told Spiegel: “I’ve been critical of the competitions policy in Europe and the move towards free market, and obviously critical in the past of their treatment of Greece, although that was mostly the Eurozone that did that.

“My idea is of a social Europe with inclusive societies that work for everyone and not just for a few.”

The early Twitter reviews were not good.

German paper Der Spiegel has just posted an interview with Jeremy Corbyn online. Anyone thinking Labour could support a second EU referendum should look away now. pic.twitter.com/zyS7QvaIfv — Kevin Schofield (@PolhomeEditor) November 9, 2018

Weak, weak, weak. This? is NOT a leader! Interview with Labour Leader Corbyn: ‘We Can’t Stop Brexit’ – SPIEGEL ONLINE https://t.co/4ucjR38xlC — Veronica #FBPE #PeoplesVote #FinalSayForAll (@VeroVero777) November 9, 2018

And if you are going to reference sci-fi it had better be Invasion of the Body Snatchers.