McDonnell says voters have told Labour to ‘sort Brexit’
Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said he does not trust Theresa May. Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images - Credit: Getty Images
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has been criticised for appearing to interpret the message from the local elections as a sign that Labour needs to push ahead with Brexit.
The Labour frontbencher has angered Remainers within the Labour Party, and across the anti-Brexit movement, for his tweet on social media which said voters wanted his party to 'sort Brexit'.
The election results so far saw both the Tories and Labour kicked at the ballot box, and saw the anti-Brexit party Liberal Democrats surge in the polls.
It had been considered by many a vote against Brexit, in the same way the 2017 general election backed a Labour Party which appeared the best option to halt the UK's departure from the EU.
But McDonnell took a different view.
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He posted: 'We'll see what final results of local elections look like by end of day as they are pretty mixed geographically up to now but so far message from local elections- 'Brexit - sort it.' Message received.'
Nicola Sturgeon said: 'If the message Labour takes from English local elections is that they should now be the facilitator of a Tory Brexit, I suspect their troubles will just be beginning.'
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