Thread by @swardley

X : Do you believe there should be a people's vote on brexit?
Me : #facepalm. Look, Gov needs to present its deal which will be voted on (i.e. pass / fail Labour tests). If it fails, there needs to be a General Election. If, Gov refuses and hangs on ... then all bets are off.

... I'm not going to agree with a 2nd referendum without a mandate no matter how much badgering there is. That mandate needs to come from a general election. Step 1 - Gov presents deal / parliament votes. Step 2 - general election if vote fails ... after which we shall see.

X : What if Gov presents its deal, fails to get the vote and then refuses to call a general election.
Me : At that point, all bets are off. The vote on the deal, the single biggest issue of the Government is a confidence vote in the Gov. If it fails this, then it must stand down.

X : What if Labour supports cancelling article 50 would you vote for them?
Me : #facepalm. I won't comment on a future hypothetical manifesto. However, I re-joined Labour because of Corbyn, so I think you can assume I'm going to vote Labour because I mostly agree with Corbyn.

X : So is a Labour Gov more important to you than Brexit?
Me : #facepalm. It's not a binary choice. However, irrespective of whether I had voted leave or remain, in my view a Labour Gov under Corbyn is more important than the choice of whether to be in / out of the EU.