Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn says British Prime Minister Theresa May is behaving like the 16th century English Tudor monarch, Henry VIII, by refusing to commit to putting a final Brexit deal to a vote in the parliament.
Corbyn made the remarks in an interview with The Guardian, published on Thursday, in which he insisted that the prime minister could not be allowed to bypass the parliament over the Britain’s future relationship with Europe.
May has repeatedly refused to commit to a parliamentary vote, saying the lawmakers will have no say in the final Brexit deal.
She told MPs last week that she was focusing on “delivering on the vote of the British people – which is that we will be leaving the European Union.”
Corbyn said the final Brexit deal would have to come to the parliament. “She cannot hide behind Henry VIII and the divine rights of the power of kings on this one.”
