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What's going on in the Brexit cluster**** tonight? My upsum: 1/ A whole bunch of PLP members and Tory rebels have swung to a "referendum first, election second" position. The aim is clear: to stop a Corbyn premiereship...
2/ At the TULO meeting in Brighton, Unite attacked Labour shadow cabinet members pledged to vote Remain in a referendum, saying it wanted a Labour-designed Brexit deal negotiated over 6 months...
3/ But there's an emergent compromise, as explained by McDonnell on the Marr programme: Labour goes to the polls offering a referendum on May's Withdrawal Agreement, with some tweaks, versus Remain. Personally I am happy with this...
4/ There is no way I would support the Libdem position to Revoke A50 without a second referendum. Likewise a second referendum before an election is a non-starter democratically. We need an election once an extension is granted, and soon...
5/ The whole flurry of developments reveals the basic forces at work: the liberal centre wants to keep Corbyn out of power, the Lexiteers cling to the delusion of a "jobs first Brexit", while the Labour rank and file want the chance to go on the doorstep for Remain/Transform...
6/ Fortunately Labour has an excellent mechanism for sorting this out - a delegate conference held in full view of civil society, with all options on the table. ENDS
