Former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband has said membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) "is on the table for every MP and party leader". Alongside Nicky Morgan and Sir Nick Clegg at a recent press conference, Miliband urged Parliament to vote in favour of the country remaining in some form of customs union, calling it a "safe harbour", and warned Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn he risked being a "midwife of a hard Brexit". The former prime minister also suggested that if Britain left the EU without an agreement with Brussels, then there would be no point negotiating over trade deals after Brexit - something which is likely to anger many Euro@@
Former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband has said membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) "is on the table for every MP and party leader". Alongside Nicky Morgan and Sir Nick Clegg at a recent press conference, Miliband urged Parliament to vote in favour of the country remaining in some form of customs union, calling it a "safe harbour", and warned Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn he risked being a "midwife of a hard Brexit". Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg called Miliband's comments "the last rear-guard action to stop Brexit".