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Emily Thornberry tells @paulwaugh that she’s personally opposed to having a special Brexit conference after a general election: “I can’t see why we can’t make a decision now.” #WaughZoneLive

Thornberry: “The polling is there and makes the case that we will lose many, many more people who voted Remain than those who voted Leave.” She warns that Labour could lose 30% of its 2017 vote if it doesn’t go into an election with a clear Remain position #WaughZoneLive.

Thornberry: “The vast majority of Labour voters want to Remain. The vast majority of Labour members want to Remain. We are a Remain party” #WaughZoneLive.

Thornberry says her and Tom Watson aren’t the “biggest fans of each other” but that it was unhelpful and “not right” to kick off #LabourConference2019 with “an attempt to eradicate Tom Watson, so to speak.”

Asked how Labour should take on Johnson in an election, Thornberry says the PM is “lazy, glib, didn’t read his briefs” and is easy to “pin down” on basic details #WaughZoneLive.

Thornberry gives me a very firm “no, no I don’t” when I asked whether Labour should consider allowing candidates form electoral pacts with pro-Remain candidates from other opposition parties at the next election #WaughZoneLive.

Thornberry speaking to @paulwaugh at #LabourConference2019:

- Said Labour should decide its Brexit position "now," not post-election
- Warned not being Remain could cost Labour 30% of its vote
- Firmly rejected electoral pacts w/ other Remain parties businessinsider.com/emily-thornber…