New photo Corbyn meets EU's Barnier after threatening to voting down Brexit deal

Jeremy Corbyn suffered an embarrassing moment as he arrived for a high-profile meeting with Michel Barnier in Brussels today - and aides struggled to pay for his taxi.

The Labour leader boasted that his talks with the EU's negotiator show he is ready to take over the task of thrashing out a deal.

But his efforts to look prime ministerial were dealt a blow this afternoon when he pulled up at the commission offices in the Belgian capital.

As Mr Corbyn and shadow Brexit secretary Keir Starmer walked into the building, aides were left scrambling to settle the fare. One said plaintively: 'Has anyone got any euros?' 

The incident - caught on camera by waiting journalists - came after Mr Corbyn threatened to throw Brexit into chaos by voting down any deal that does not include a customs union.

Following his meeting - which both sides agreed was not a negotiation - Mr Corbyn said he had set out his six tests for Brexit and listened to Mr Barnier's position in a 'useful' round of talks. 

As Mr Corbyn and Sir Keir walked into the building, aides were left scrambling to settle the fare. One said plaintively: 'Has anyone got any euros?'

Following his meeting - which both sides agreed was not a negotiation - Jeremy Corbyn (pictured talking to reporters after the talks) said he had set out his six tests for Brexit and listened to Mr Barnier's position

Mr Barnier (pictured in Salzburg last week) apparently requested the meeting with Mr Corbyn amid increasing concern that any Brexit agreement will be blocked by the UK parliament

With just weeks left to break the deadlock in negotiations, Mr Corbyn said he would be urging the Eurocrat and his team to do 'all they can' to avoid a no-deal Brexit.

The EU side apparently requested the meeting after learning that Mr Corbyn was coming to Brussels to attend the naming of a square after murdered Labour MP Jo Cox.

Following the difficulties with the taxi, Corbyn aide Jack McKenna joked on Twitter that the party had a new demand for the Brexit negotiations,

Brussels square is named in honour of murdered MP Jo Cox 

Jeremy Corbyn attended the official inauguration of Place Jo Cox alongside her relatives in Brussels today.

The city decided to rename the square near the town hall in honour of the Labour MP for Batley and Spen.

The 41-year-old mother-of-two, who was killed by neo-Nazi terrorist Thomas Mair in 2016, frequented the Ancienne Belgique concert hall which backs onto the square when she worked in Belgium before being elected to Parliament in 2015.

Mayor of Brussels Philippe Close led the ceremony alongside Mrs Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater and parents Gordon and Jean. 

Ms Leadbeater said the family was 'honoured that the city of Brussels has chosen to remember Jo in this way'.

'She had many happy times living there and made some deep and long-lasting friendships,' she said.

'Brussels taxis accepting card payments just became Labour's seventh Brexit test and must now be at the heart of any future deal,' he said. 

The talks in Brussels today will raise anxiety among Brexiteers that Mr Corbyn is plotting with the EU to frustrate the UK's departure.

Following his meeting - which both sides agreed was not a negotiation - Mr Corbyn said he had set out his six tests for Brexit and listened to Mr Barnier's position.

At a press conference alongside Sir Keir, Mr Corbyn said: 'We've had an interesting, useful discussion with Mr Barnier.

'We have set out the views of the Labour Party surrounding Brexit following the conference speeches made by Keir Starmer and myself.

'We are obviously not negotiating. We are not in government, we are the opposition.

'But he was interested to know what our views are and the six tests we have laid down by which we will hold our government in future.' 

The veteran left-winger used his party conference speech yesterday to insist Mrs May must call a general election unless she is prepared to drop her red line against joining a customs union with the EU.

Mr Corbyn couched his demand as 'reaching out' to the PM to get a 'sensible deal' through parliament - but it was denounced by Tories as a naked attempt to gain power.

Mrs May says a customs union would deny Britain the opportunity to strike trade deals around the world. 

Accepting the idea would almost certainly spell the end of Mrs May's time in Downing Street and plunge the Tories into turmoil, making an election and Corbyn government much more likely.

Labour has set six tests for a Brexit deal - including securing the 'exact same benefits' - that seem designed to be impossible to pass.

Mr Corbyn (pictured in Brussels at the naming of a square in honour of murdered MP Jo Cox today) said he would be urging Michel Barnier and his team to do 'all they can' to avoid a no-deal Brexit

The conference also agreed that if the party cannot force an election, the option of holding a referendum should be kept 'on the table'.

Meanwhile, Mrs May is under mounting Tory pressure over her Chequers plan, with Cabinet ministers urging her to shift towards a Canada-style deal if it is rejected by the EU. 

Senior figures including Sajid Javid, Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt and Dominic Raab are said to harbour doubts over the PM's insistence that no deal is the only alternative to her blueprint.

They are keen to avoid a situation where the EU rejects the Chequers proposal at a crunch summit next months and negotiations essentially collapse without a 'Plan B'.

Theresa May (pictured at the UN in New York yesterday) has just weeks left to strike a Brexit deal with the EU

However, the group have not presented any new solutions to the issue of the Irish border, according to The Times.

Speaking ahead of his visit today, Mr Corbyn said: 'With just weeks of negotiating time left, it's clear that UK-EU Brexit talks are in a perilous state.

'Time is running out and companies are losing patience with the absence of any clarity from the government.

'Crashing out of Europe with no deal risks being a national disaster. 

'That is why I'm meeting EU officials today, and I will be urging them to do all they can to avoid a 'no-deal' outcome, which would be so damaging to jobs and living standards in both the UK and EU countries.'

Senior figures including Sajid Javid (left) and Jeremy Hunt (right) are said to harbour doubts over the PM's insistence that no deal is the only alternative to her blueprint

 

 

 

 

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