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Caroline Flint said Labour’s pledge to honour the EU referendum result could come into disrepute ahead of the House of Commons vote on the Conservatives’ Repeal Bill. Addressing an audience at a Policy Exchange event on the EU divorce, she said her party could not now “change tack” as a result of Theresa May losing her Parliamentary majority. She said: “Now May has lost a majority, we cannot change tack, or try to suggest that anything less than full membership of the single market and customs union is a hard Brexit. “Those who aim to keep us in the single market know full well that this is EU membership in all but name.

POLICY EXCHANGE UK•GETTY Caroline Flint said Labour now had to "think outside of the box"

We cannot spend the next 18 months voting down every one of the Tories EU Bills. If we do so, we will look like liars Caroline Flint

“I promised to work for the best deal for jobs in Doncaster, to protect workers’ rights, to end free movement, and no second referendum – that is Labour’s position too.” She then spoke about voting down Tory legislation on Brexit after shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer said his party would vote against the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill, unless Theresa May made major changes to it. Labour has demanded the bill includes full protection of British workers’ rights and is looking to stop the Government gaining “Henry VIII powers”. But Ms Flint said: “We cannot spend the next 18 months voting down every one of the Tories EU Bills. If we do so, we will look like liars.

Brexit Negotiations: Britain's sternest enemies Tue, April 4, 2017 According to a new index, the EU27 countries fall into three groups: hard-core, hard and soft. These are the countries with the highest scores which indicate a fairly strong opposition to Britain’s position Play slideshow AFP/Getty Images 1 of 7 France has the highest score in the index at 32.5