Make no mistake, Jeremy Corbyn has taken a significant step towards a Final Say referendum
The next stage of Labour’s slow progress towards a democratic, reality-based position on Brexit is to consult members, supporters and trade unionists on developing the policy
Jeremy Corbyn is still on the fence, but it seems as though he is set to put a foot down on the side of a Final Say referendum on membership of the European Union.
Naturally, supporters of a second referendum, including The Independent, would rather a more emphatic statement of support for the principle of referring the European question back to the people.
But we should not take too seriously the Labour leader’s protestation that the party’s policy is unchanged – “I have already made the case … in line with our conference policy”. He has his own coalition to manage, as we saw with the pre-emptive letter from 26 Labour MPs opposed to the policy shift.
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