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Secret Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott and McDonnell allotment Brexit meeting uncovered


The Labour leader met with his Shadow Chancellor and Shadow Home Secretary at his East Finchley vegetable patch this summer, where the left-wing trio unanimously agreed to support Remain, according to Channel 4’s Dispatches. According to Dispatches the meeting in North London took place after the Labour leader’s closest allies, Mr McDonnell and Ms Abbott requested a “serious chat” about Brexit away from the bubble of Westminster. The documentary to be aired tonight also claims Mr Corbyn went as far as writing a letter to outline Labour’s anti-Brexit position but was thwarted at the last-minute by his eurosceptic advisor.

The plot by Labour’s front bench was reportedly blocked at the 11th hour by Mr Corbyn’s director of strategy and communications Seumas Milne, according to several anonymous sources.

The Labour Party denies the claims made in the documentary.

A Labour Party spokesman said: “The Dispatches claim is denied by the Labour Party, as the programme will make clear.”

Len McCluskey, general secretary of the Unite union, and key supporter of Mr Corbyn also refuted the claims.

Mr McCluskey told the documentary: “That is not my observation of what Jeremy Corbyn wanted.

“I absolutely don’t believe for one second that he’s been pulled in any particular direction by Seumas Milne.

“This is an image that tries to project Jeremy as a weak leader, an indecisive leader, and it’s just not true.”

Labour’s position on Brexit is no clearer after the Labour leader defeated a Remain-supporting motion at the Party’s annual conference September.

The Labour Party will remain neutral on Britain’s membership of the EU and has proposed a public vote on any Brexit deal.

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“We’ve done it, the party has now made its decision, and that’s it; and that’s what we’re going to campaign on.”

In a wide-ranging interview Mr Corbyn admitted the decision to back snap election was far from unanimous and stated members “gulped” when he announced the news.

He added: “I put it to them quite clearly: I said, our objections are now gone. We are now supporting a general election – and everybody gulped.

“I didn’t alert anybody in advance – it was my decision. On my own. I made that decision. And they gulped, and said, Yes Jeremy.”



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