Newsdeck: May and Corbyn Hold `Productive' Talks to Break Brexit Impasse By Bloomberg
Officials acting for the prime minister and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will continue with intensive talks Friday in a desperate bid to break the Brexit impasse, Number 10 Downing Street said.
While offering the promise of arriving at some cross-party agreement that can get through Parliament, May’s decision to reach across the aisle has also stoked fury among her Conservative Party colleagues. Pro-Brexit Tories, set on their vision of a clean break with the bloc, attacked her for opening the door to Corbyn’s vision of a so-called soft Brexit.With time running short, signs emerged that compromise could be within reach.
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