Has Labour found a way to secure a good Brexit deal?

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Series Details 25.04.17
Publication Date 25/04/2017
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As the Labour Party party walked a tightrope between leave and remain voters on the issue of the United Kingdom after the June 2016 EU referendum, Keir Starmer, the Shadow Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, put forward what could be a third option in a speech during the early days of the general election campaign on the 25 April 2017.
Source Link Link to Main Source https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/25/labour-party-brexit-deal-keir-starmer-eu
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