UK Labour Party clarifies stance on Brexit after court ruling

‘The UK’s Labour Party is in no way planning to block the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union (EU), says deputy leader Tom Watson, in a likely attempt to clarify earlier remarks by party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Days after the UK High Court’s ruling that the government needed a parliamentary approval for Brexit, Corbyn told the Sunday Mirror that his party would block the triggering of the Lisbon Treaty’s Article 50 if the Prime Minister Theresa May fails to guarantee the UK’s access to the single market.
Watson, however, rushed to clarify the opposition leader’s point by reassuring Britons that their vote to end the UK’s membership in the EU was not going to be altered in the Parliament.’
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