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The host suggested the Brexit Secretary and Jeremy Corbyn had delivered differing messages with their Brexit strategy. Speaking on Sky News, the host, Tom Macleod, grilled Mr Starmer over Labour’s Brexit strategy and whether they would fight to leave the customs union when exiting the Brussels bloc. He said: “Let’s talk about the official start of Brexit negotiations today. “The three issues on the table today are EU citizens rights, the border in Northern Ireland and this settlement bill.

SKYNEWS Tom Macleod suggested the Labour Party Brexit position was confusing

“There is still a bit of confusion about Labour’s position. On television yesterday you said, that the option of staying in the EU customs union should stay on the table. “Yet six days ago your party leader Mr Corbyn and Mr McDonnell don’t want the option of staying in the customs union. “Can you just clear that up for us, what exactly, do you the leader and the Shadow Chancellor want, what does the party want, in or out of the customs union?” Mr Starmer attempted to sidestep the question as he targeted the Tories current negotiating position. He replied: “Well if we are talking about confusion I have to say that we start these negotiations in Brussels, all of us wanting a good deal for our country, but with real confusion on the government side with what their mandate is. “That is the question that our EU partners are asking.”

There is still a bit of confusion about Labour’s position Tom Macleod

The Labour MP was then cut off by the Sky News host who insisted he answered the question regarding Labour’s Brexit policy. He said: “But Sir Kier, what’s Labour’s position, that’s the Conservatives position, what’s Labour’s? “What is your official cross-party position?” Mr Starmer claimed that Labour Party position was to “retain the benefits of the customs union and the single market”. He added: “Of course that is the Conservative position but these negotiations are really really important, we do need to focus on that. “Our position is concerned we are vert clear, set out in our manifesto that we want to retain the benefits of the customs union and the single market, that’s because we are putting jobs and the economy first. “What that means is that we have focused on outcomes and not models, if you go into negotiations, you go in asking what it is you want to achieve and asking the other side what it is that you want to achieve.

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