Brexit: Labour refuses to rule out abstaining in vote on a trade deal

mirror.co.uk:

Labour has refused to rule out abstaining in a historic vote on any Brexit trade deal. Party chiefs admitted it was possible they might not vote decisively one way or the other if the Prime Minister gets a last-minute pact.

Boris Johnson sent his chief negotiator to Brussels today for 36 hours of talks to break a deadlock on three key issues - fishing, following EU rules and who polices the terms of a deal.

The PM will speak to the President of the European Commission on Monday night - and Cabinet minister George Eustice warned any breakthrough is needed in the “next few days”.

If a trade deal is agreed, it would come to Parliament to be approved by MPs before Christmas. But while saying “we absolutely need to get a deal”, Labour ’s