The shadow chancellor admits to being 'a little bit' frustrated at the stalemate, but a key party backer warns against any rush.
Mr McDonnell added:" had a meeting on the Monday before the last shadow cabinet and I thought the next day we were going to move forward.
He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show there was"a panic" before blaming a"well-funded Remain lobby" for creating a"toxic situation". Meanwhile, in an interview with Ridge, Tory leadership contender Boris Johnson has said he would put suspend the UK's £39bn divorce bill to Brussels in"creative ambiguity", until a deal was reached.
"We are going to work very hard to show our earnestness, our sincerity. What we want to do is take the elements of the current withdrawal agreement, which really doesn't work at all it's a defunct agreement but there are some good bits, like the bit about citizens. We should pass that through.
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