[James]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Actually Labour voted against the withdrawal agreement because they want a, or the, customs union and still closer links to the single market.

That has always been their position and still is.

If the withdrawal agreement, had that in it, there'd be no need for the backstop.

Just to put the record straight on that.

When May finally got round to including Labour in talks near the end of her premiership.
Had she included a customs union plan in the agreement, she'd have got at least 190 likely Labour votes supporting it.
No general election at all.

She wasn't though allowed to bring back the results of those talks as her Party kicked her out before she could.

Then again those ERG grouping would have tried to vote it down, with any customs arrangement proposal in it.

The third time the Withdrawal agreement was voted on in parliament, the political declaration was removed, leaving the two-year transition.

That means that Labour could still have got a Customs Union and single market ties at a later date. They should have at least voted for the Withdrawal agreement on the third meaningful vote.