Jeremy Corbyn: 'The government will have to extend Article 50'

The Labour leader also performed a u-turn and says he will meet with the Prime Minister if the Commons votes to 'take no deal off the table' tonight. Today Mr Corbyn swung behind a Commons amendment that would allow Parliament to seize control of Brexit and order the Government to delay Article 50 until the end of the year. The move, led by former Labour Cabinet minister Yvette Cooper, also has the public backing of ten Conservative MPs - with the result said to be on a 'knife-edge'. Mr Corbyn has said he will support it and ordered his MPs to do the same - but will seek to shorten the nine-month extension proposed by Ms Cooper to three months. This would mean Brexit would be delayed from March 29 to late June. Addressing the Commons today he said: 'The Labour Party will back the amendment tonight because to crash out without a deal would be deeply damaging for industry and economy'. He added: 'We have the opportunity to take no deal off the table. When the Prime Minister invited party leaders for talks, I said she must remove the threat of a no deal. If this House votes to remove no deal, I would be happy to meet her'. Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic... Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news... Daily Mail Facebook:   / dailymail   Daily Mail IG:   / dailymail   Daily Mail Snap:   / 8392137033   Daily Mail Twitter:   / mailonline   Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile