Jeremy Corbyn Welcomed as Hero by Unions But Quiet on Brexit
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Jeremy Corbyn, leader of U.K.'s opposition Labour Party, speaks at the annual Trades Union Congress conference at Brighton, U.K., on Sep. 12, 2017.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn received a hero’s welcome from the Trades Union Congress on Tuesday as the underdog who erased U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s majority in June’s election. Rather than clarify his position on Brexit, he barely mentioned it.
Britain’s main opposition leader was given a standing ovation before even saying a word at the conference in Brighton. He used his speech to reinforce his anti-austerity message but only dedicated a few lines of a six-page address to the country’s divorce from the European Union.